News articles tagged with 'stroke' (Page 39)
Focus on atrial fibrillation recognises growing importance of common arrhythmia
— 20 Feb 2008 11:16 | HealthWhen we're young, a racing heart often means love is in the air. If you're a 'baby boomer,' it might mean you've just joined the 2.2 million Americans who have atrial fibrillation (AF),…
NIH report on intracranial stent points out need for upcoming large-scale clinical trial
— 18 Feb 2008 16:46 | HealthA preliminary study funded by the National Institutes of Health found that a stent designed to open clogged arteries in the brain was successfully deployed in nearly all cases and significantly…
Researchers discover that inhibiting a protein protects against heat stroke
— 7 Feb 2008 16:25 | HealthUntil now, we have not had any specific treatment for the often fatal effects of heat stroke. A group of researchers from the Institut Municipal d'Investigacio Medica (IMIM-Hospital…
Intensive blood sugar treatment in trial of diabetes and cardiovascular disease changed
— 7 Feb 2008 14:52 | HealthThe National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped one treatment within a large, ongoing North American clinical trial of diabetes…
Stem cell therapy studies for stroke, cerebral palsy prepare for clinical trials
— 30 Jan 2008 12:40 | HealthFinding answers about optimal dosage and timing for stem cell therapy in adults with strokes and newborns with ischemic injuries is a goal of two new federally funded studies…
Heart and stroke death rates steadily decline; risks still too high
— 23 Jan 2008 07:23 | HealthIn an appropriate prelude to American Heart Month, which is just ahead in February, new mortality data from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that, since 1999,…
Gene variations associated with effectiveness of blood pressure medications
— 23 Jan 2008 07:23 | HealthPatients with hypertension and certain gene variations experienced varying results with some blood pressure medications, suggesting matching a patient's genotype with certain hypertension…
A simplified scoring system may predict CVD risk
— 23 Jan 2008 04:51 | HealthPhysicians currently evaluate a patient's risk for heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases (CVD) individually, but a new assessment tool could gauge risk of overall,…
Military technique could aid stroke victims
— 18 Jan 2008 08:50 | HealthUniversity of Leicester researchers are pioneering use of military radar signal processing methods to help victims of stroke - the third most common cause of death in the UK…
Undernourished stroke patients may have more complications, worse outcomes
— 15 Jan 2008 03:57 | HealthPatients who are undernourished when they enter the hospital with an acute ischemic stroke - the most common type of stroke, in which blood flow to the brain is blocked - are likely…