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A report published in the February 20 issue of the Medical Journal of Australia, a publication of the Australian Medical Association, reveals that nearly 40% of individuals with extensive atherothrombotic disease will experience a cardiovascular event within one year…
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The Deadly Impact Of Atherothrombosis
People who suffered a stroke continued to experience eating problems and more than half still risked malnutrition after three months, even though there had been a marked improvement in most of their physical functions. That is one of the key findings of a study in the March issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing…
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Eating Problems Persist 3 Months After Stroke And 56 Percent Still Face Malnutrition Risk
Stroke-related language impairment adds about $1,703 per patient to medical costs the first year after stroke, according to research reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association…
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Language Impairment Following Stroke Adds Thousands To Medical Costs
Two studies published in the Archives of Internal Medicine on Monday suggest that air pollution at levels experienced by most Americans or considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency is linked to higher risk of cognitive decline and stroke…
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Air Pollution Tied To Cognitive Decline, Stroke
In a surprising finding with significant implications for older women, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and NYU School of Medicine have found that high levels of triglycerides (blood fats) are the strongest risk factor for the most common type of stroke in older women – more of a risk factor than elevated levels of total cholesterol or of…
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Older Women With High Triglyceride Levels At High Risk Of Stroke
Johns Hopkins neurologists report success with a new means of getting rid of potentially lethal blood clots in the brain safely without cutting through easily damaged brain tissue or removing large pieces of skull…
A new way of opening blocked arteries in the brain using a removable stent system in people suffering strokes brought remarkably positive results in how those patients recovered from the strokes, according to a study presented at the American Stroke Association’s annual conference in New Orleans…
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Temporary Stent Procedure Improves Stroke Recovery
In the largest and longest head-to-head comparison of two anti-clotting medications, warfarin and aspirin were similar in preventing deaths and strokes in heart failure patients with normal heart rhythm, according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2012…
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In Heart Failure Treatment, Warfarin And Aspirin Are Similar
A new drug that showed promise in animal studies and an early clinical trial didn’t improve disability among stroke patients, according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2012. After a stroke and other types of brain damage, the brain naturally produces more granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF)…
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Disability Among Stroke Patients Not Improved By New Drug
The anti-blood clot regimen that adds the drug clopidogrel (Plavix) to aspirin treatment is unlikely to prevent recurrent strokes and may increase the risk of bleeding and death in patients with subcortical stroke according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2012…
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Clopidogrel With Aspirin Doesn’t Prevent More Small Strokes, May Increase Risk Of Bleeding, Death
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