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A group of investigators at the Lehigh University is hard at work for developing a new type of nanodevice that would be capable of addressing the effects of cardiovascular system conditions such as thrombosis, atherosclerosis and stroke.
Lead researcher Xiaohui Zhang is hoping to achieve this by combining concepts ... |
26 October 2011
04:57 GMT |
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Researchers have established in a new meta-analysis – a study analyzing other studies – that people who suffer from depression are at a higher risk of suffering a stroke, or dying as a result of suffering one, than individuals who are not depressed.
This recent investigation covered the conclusions of... |
21 September 2011
09:45 GMT |
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Investigators at the Brown University are hard at work in developing new approaches to healing damage caused in the human brain by adverse events such as injuries and stroke. They received a grant to finance their research less than a year ago, and they are already making important progress.
The university receive... |
19 September 2011
14:21 GMT |
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For many years now, surgeons have been putting artery-opening brain stents in the brains of patients who were at risk of suffering from repeating strokes. Now, a multi-center clinical trial reveals that implanting these devices tends to lead to a higher risk of stroke and death in patients.
Details of the work we... |
8 September 2011
06:04 GMT |
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Investigators in the United Kingdom, at the University of Bristol, say that they were recently able to identify a neural protection mechanism that acts during the onset of stroke. Its actions help protect certain types of neurons from the effects of this dangerous event. Using the new data, the team argues, it may be... |
17 August 2011
04:59 GMT |
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A new study conducted by researchers in the United States is revealing that people who have a positive outlook on life, and are generally more optimistic than their peers, are at a lower risk of suffering strokes during their life.University of Michigan investigators say that the study was conducted on a nationally r... |
22 July 2011
10:00 GMT |
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Investigators with the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine established in a new study that children taking drugs which address attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are not at a higher risk of developing adverse cardiovascular events.According to the research team, the correlation holds true for b... |
19 May 2011
03:52 GMT |
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Teenagers and young adults in the United States tend to think that they are much healthier, and that they lead a better lifestyle, than they actually do. This misconception exposes them to increases health risks, because they are more tented to engage in risky health behaviors. In a recent survey, 1,248 American citi... |
3 May 2011
05:00 GMT |
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Healthcare experts say that bodily functionality can be recovered faster after suffering a stroke, if patients are helped to deal with their depression. The two conditions oftentimes go hand in hand, and treating the mental aspect of the duo can help people get back on their feet faster.It is estimated that roughly 3... |
16 March 2011
11:56 GMT |
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According to the results of a new scientific study, it would appear that carbon nanotubes (CNT) can be successfully used to reduce the severity of the effects generally caused in the human brain by stroke. The investigators who conducted the new work say that such an adverse event causes an interruption in the supp... |
31 January 2011
01:56 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the Joslin Diabetes Center (JDC) announces the discovery of a mechanism that causes excessive hemorrhage following stroke, in patients who suffer from diabetes.For a long time, the two conditions have been tied together, in the sense that experts noticed a worsening in stroke effects in ... |
24 January 2011
03:31 GMT |
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Swiss researchers carried out a meta-analysis of the cardiovascular safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and the new generation anti-inflammatory drugs called COX-2 inhibitors, and concluded that they might present a cardiovascular risk.The study published on bmj.com today, revealed that commonly ... |
11 January 2011
18:41 GMT |
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A team of experts based at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio announce the discovery of two critically-important signaling molecules, that are capable of communicating across nerve cells in the human brain in order to regulate a host of essential processes.Their interactions allow them to regulate electrical an... |
8 January 2011
04:09 GMT |
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A new analysis of the Women's Health Study, revealed that even though most women with a history of migraine headache with aura have a high risk of stroke, they are more likely to have mild or no disability at all, compared to those without migraine.A migraine with aura manifests itself through transient neurolog... |
30 November 2010
11:00 GMT |
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A new research concluded that women with high job strain, have 40 percent higher risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attacks and the necessity of opening blocked arteries procedures included, compared to women who have little or not stress at all.Job strain is a type of psychological stress, caused by a very demand... |
15 November 2010
02:56 GMT |
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According to a new scientific investigation, it would appear that zapping the brain with electricity is efficient in reducing the severity of symptoms associated with strokes, such as losing motor skills in arms, hands and legs. By applying the new method, researchers say that these effects can be mitigated, at least... |
11 November 2010
03:26 GMT |
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A new drug therapy could improve the lives of people having suffered a stroke or a head injury, by restoring the mobility of paralyzed arms and legs by up to half, found two University of Otago and UCLA researchers, that have been carrying out a study on the matter for the past two and a half years.They have been wor... |
5 November 2010
08:48 GMT |
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Apparently, people with stroke are more likely to die if they are admitted to a hospital on a weekend, suggests a new research carried out by the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. For the study, the researchers gathered data from the Canadian Stroke Network on 20,657 patients with acute stroke from 11 stroke ... |
2 November 2010
04:56 GMT |
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Researchers say that the damage to the nervous system is what gives some people who have lost a limb the feeling of a phantom limb, and that this phenomenon is not so rare after all.The phantom limb feeling is the impression that the amputated arm or leg is still there, but it can also occur to people who have suffer... |
24 September 2010
10:33 GMT |
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A groundbreaking new study was recently published by researches in The Netherlands, in which they show that an enzyme plays a role in supporting the damage strokes produce in patients. The research group discovered that inhibiting the levels of the protein called NADPH oxidase 4 (NOX4) has the potential to reduc... |
22 September 2010
11:00 GMT |
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A Dutch-German medical research team made an incredible breakthrough by finding the enzyme responsible for the death of nerve cells after a stroke.The team led by Harald Schmidt from Maastricht University, Netherlands, and Christoph Kleinschnitz, University of Würzburg, Germany, has found that the NOX4 enzyme pr... |
22 September 2010
09:10 GMT |
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Mexican-American stroke survivors that have a heart rhythm disorder have a second stroke risk twice as high as the non-Hispanic white stroke survivors, according to a study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.For the study, scientists compared 88 Mexican-American and 148 non-Hispanic white ... |
10 September 2010
04:16 GMT |
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People that suffer from migraines with aura have a higher risk of dying from heart attack or stroke, a new research published today on bmj.com suggests.The researchers found a link between migraine associated with aura (temporary visual or sensory disturbances before or during a migraine headache) and death from hear... |
25 August 2010
10:15 GMT |
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Team leader, Ross Prentice, from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, United States, carried out a blood protein analysis on samples from 800 women who developed stroke, another 800 who developed coronary heart disease and a control group. The “Novel proteins associated with risk for coronary he... |
28 July 2010
03:37 GMT |
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People who fear rejection or are insecure about their relationships, have a bigger risk for several health problems like high blood pressure, stroke or even heart attack, a new study revealed. Researchers from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada, focused on relationship uncertainties, also called “insecure... |
24 July 2010
04:11 GMT |
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Music is a good therapy for everyone. It helps reaching out even to people who have a less common perception of life and its effects are recognized by health care specialists. If implemented by trained music therapists, it can also help in improving movements in stroke patients, says a new Cochrane Systematic Review.... |
6 July 2010
03:50 GMT |
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Neurons, the famous nerve cells of the human brain, are the most widely-known variety of cells that exists in the cortex. However, they are not the only ones. An equally important role is being fulfilled by astroglia, which are the support cells on which neurons lie. According to a new investigation, it would appear ... |
19 May 2010
14:01 GMT |
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Eating moderate amounts of dietary sugar can be beneficial for health, and may please people, but consuming a lot more of the stuff can have serious adverse consequences. According to a new scientific study, it would appear that ingesting some 21 spoonfuls of sugar each day can lead to a significant drop in “go... |
28 April 2010
02:47 GMT |
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The US National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), has been conducting research into how obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is related to stroke risks in the general population for quite some time. Recently, experts managed to conclude and publish their report, which... |
8 April 2010
09:06 GMT |
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When a stroke happens, the person suffering from it experiences a momentary starvation of blood in a region of the brain. The affected area, regardless of location, experiences the full force of the blow, but new studies have revealed that other portions of the cortex are also severely affected. Now, scientists plan ... |
29 March 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Scientists have recently presented the conclusions of a new study, which appears to indicate that using the virtual reality game technology employed by the popular Wii gaming console may be of use for medical applications as well. At the 2010 International Stroke Conference of the American Stroke Association, experts... |
26 February 2010
17:11 GMT |
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A new investigation has demonstrated that singing may be helping stroke patients recover some use of their brain when it comes to communicating with others. Experts say that the speech center of the human brain is separate from the area dealing with singing, and that, therefore, patients who lost the former can boost... |
22 February 2010
04:22 GMT |
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Swedish scientists from the Karolinska Institutet have recently determined that one of the primary causes behind a person's risk of stroke is the amount of antibodies he or she has inside their bodies. The new investigation could also carry considerable implications in the fight against the dangerous condition c... |
13 February 2010
05:29 GMT |
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Researchers have recently demonstrated that people who eat chocolate have a lower risk of suffering from stroke, and also that patients recovering from stroke do so faster if they eat chocolate. The finding, which could have significant medical implications, will be presented in Toronto, Canada, between April 10-17, ... |
12 February 2010
08:49 GMT |
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One of the most often met consequences of strokes is paralysis, either of a limb, or of an entire half of the body. In the most severe cases, the entire body could be rendered immobile, though these occurrences are a bit rarer. Now, researchers from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, supported by the American P... |
15 June 2009
06:51 GMT |
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Undergoing a heart attack or a heart failure seizure is not an easy thing to do, as most patients suffering from these conditions could tell you. The chances for another such event occurring increase significantly, as do the hospitalization rates for these patients. Now, a new scientific study comes to show that phys... |
8 April 2009
03:51 GMT |
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According to a new scientific paper, published in the most recent issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), patients who suffer from reduced vision sensitivity following a stroke seem to be getting better and recover their sight a lot faster if they listen to their favorite tunes. I... |
24 March 2009
06:59 GMT |
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Psychologists at the University of Utah have recently discovered that women who are “bound” in strained and stressful marriages are very likely to start exhibiting signs of depression and high blood pressure, two of the symptoms most commonly associated with the emergence of heart diseases, diabetes, and ... |
5 March 2009
04:58 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study released by US researchers on Thursday, people who live on streets packed with fast food diners and implicitly eat in such establishments more often than others are at a very high risk of suffering from heart strokes. The danger is more than 13 percent higher than that recorded in ... |
20 February 2009
10:56 GMT |
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A new study carried out at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and Columbia University in New York shows that former smokers or nonsmokers have increased chances of having strokes as a result of inhaling cigarette smoke exhaled by other people. The research team also points out that being married to a smoke... |
29 July 2008
05:53 GMT |
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"Think it and it might just become true!" This is just one way to describe the findings detailed by researchers of the University of Rochester's Medical Center, who have recently discovered that men who really believe that they have a low chance of developing a cardiovascular disease have in fact three times les... |
14 July 2008
11:15 GMT |
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Who could ever have imagined that getting rich was such a terrible thing? According to recent research, a wealthy lifestyle is actually the worst thing that could possible happen to us, so you'd better stop playing the lottery and wish you really didn't get that promotion at work, because living the good li... |
22 May 2008
05:55 GMT |
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Aspirin has long been attributed all sorts of miraculous properties. Ever since the little pills containing acetylsalicylic acid (see if you can say that three times in a row without blinking) entered our lives more than a century ago, their popularity rose and fell depending on the latest medical research that point... |
14 May 2008
06:45 GMT |
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Tea is not exactly the kind of thing you'd expect to show gender disparity - however, the latest research indicated that the millennia-old drink of mixed hot water and herbs has a documented tendency of proving more beneficial for women than for men - at least when it comes to its documented property of helping ... |
12 May 2008
09:42 GMT |
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It is a vivid controversy: to eat or not to eat eggs. While a recent research has showed that consuming eggs reduces the risk of breast cancer in women by 24%, thanks to choline, a new one published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reveals that middle-aged men who eat seven or more eggs hurry up to their... |
12 April 2008
04:30 GMT |
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We know that the music you prefer tells a lot about you. A recent Dutch research has found that those amateurs of hit parade music, hip hop and R&B, appeared to be more polite and more extroverted, while rockers, on average, were more introverted, sloppier, but more open-minded to different experiences. Those who lov... |
20 February 2008
05:48 GMT |
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This will leave your brain clean, but not washed! A "vacuum cleaner" for the brain could fix the clogged arteries of stroke victims, preventing the attack from having permanent serious consequences.Strokes usually take place when blood vessels nurturing the brain are blocked, and the oxygen-demanding neurons die. The... |
30 January 2008
04:21 GMT |
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The minds of the two sexes are so differently fired: men want sex, women want money ...The difference is present also when we are planning how to reach for something, according to a new research at Faculty of Health's School of Kinesiology, York University, made by associate professor Lauren Sergio and Dr. Diana... |
14 April 2007
06:43 GMT |
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It is crystal clear: drugs blow away your mind! Literally. A new research at UT Southwestern Medical Center reveals that higher rates of amphetamine and cocaine useD by young adults increase significantly their risk of stroke, with amphetamine linked to a greater danger. The research focused on over 8,300 stroke pati... |
3 April 2007
09:43 GMT |
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Aspirin is a naturally occurring chemical found in the willow bark (in fact, its chemical name, acetylsalicylic acid, comes from "Salix", willow in Latin), whose properties were known for centuries by South American Indians. It is present in a lot of drugs sold without prescription and its use is increasingly growing... |
13 March 2007
10:40 GMT |
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