Childhood stroke deaths drop, but still higher among blacks
... which results from a blood clot that blocks blood flow to the brain. Ischemic stroke deaths declined 19 percent in the same time period. These declines were tempered by the finding that black children and boys had higher risks for dying of strokes, says Fullerton. Black children were more than twice ...Researchers question conventional wisdom on 'mini-strokes'
...d clot temporarily clogs an artery, blocking blood flow to the brain. The symptoms are the same as for stroke but are temporary. Most of them last less than five minutes. Unlike stroke, TIA doesnt permanently injure the brain. Although most strokes are not preceded by TIAs, more than one-third of peopl...Abrupt changes in body position can trigger stroke
...stroke. They occur when a blood clot blocks blood flow in an artery to the brain. Researchers assessed the potential stroke-triggering effects of emotional stress, anger, sudden physical effort, sudden changes in environmental temperature and sudden changes in body position. By comparing activities t...Blood pressure drugs relax heart, reduce heart failure risk
...10 percent on average, which led to improved blood flow into the left ventricle. At baseline, 15 percent of patients had normal left ventricular filling. After one year of treatment, the prevalence of normal filling was about 26 percent. In addition, there was improvement in the hearts ability to relax ...Mayo Clinic study shows no adverse heart effect for sildenafil (Viagra)
...l citrate (Viagra) does not adversely affect blood flow to the heart in men with stable coronary artery di...il can lead to serious decreases in coronary blood flow and blood pressure, the men were required to stop taking nitrates at least three days before partici...Stanford researchers warm to cooling heart attack patients
...ng procedures. During a heart attack, blood flow is significantly reduced or stopped in the arteries - depriving the heart of oxygen and causing irreversible damage to the heart muscle. A physician's goal is to prevent or minimize this damage, and Lee said researchers have long known that cooling h...Training can improve age-related memory decline in elderly
...ing (fMRI), which can precisely map enhanced blood flow in specific regions of the brain. Increased blood flow reflects greater activity in regions of the brain that are utilized during mental tasks. The scienti...Young women at greater risk of death than men after bypass surgery
...bypass surgery uses blood vessels to reroute blood flow around arterial blockages to improve the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart. Heart surgeons perform about 571,000 of them annually, including about 182,000 in women.Vaccarino and her colleagues were unable to determine why death rates were diff...Five-week antibiotic treatment may improve cardiovascular function
...d positive for C. pneumoniae showed improved blood flow in the brachial artery (in the arm) and reduced bl...lood vessels ability to relax in response to blood flow increases, and also endothelial function. A healthy artery (with a healthy endothelium) will be mor...Gene therapy to treat angina appears safe
...ertion. The bodys first response to reduced blood flow to the heart, called ischemia, is to grow tiny new collateral blood vessels to help blood flow around the blockage a process called angiogenesis. For unknown reasons, the process eventually swi...Oral diabetes drug shows promise in preventing miscarriage in common infertility disorder
...hat, in women with PCOS, metformin increases blood flow to the uterus and brings about changes in the lining of the uterus that make it more capable of supporting a fetus. In the current study, Dr. Nestler and his coworkers evaluated a group of women under the care of Venezuelan endocrinologist Daniela J...UT Southwestern researchers identify mechanisms by which cocaine elevates blood pressure
...forearm and measured blood pressure, forearm blood flow and forearm venous noradrenaline concentration in the same study participants on two different days. Microelectrodes, which are similar to acupuncture needles, were used to record sympathetic nerve activity during administration of the cocaine nose d...Stopping statins may cause rebound that triples risk of death
...ication had undergone a procedure to restore blood flow through their coronary arteries. One hundred and sixty-five patients treated with a statin after being hospitalized had fewer deaths or nonfatal heart attacks than patients who had never taken statins. Hamm says there is no specific protocol suggesti...Light-weight heparin has heavy-weight results in heart attack treatment
...TIMI grading system, whereby a score of 0 means no flow through an artery and a score of 3 represents norm...g agents achieved nearly identical rates of TIMI-3 flow at 60 minutes: The overall rate was 50 percent among all patients who received UFH and 51 percent fo...Common cold no more frequent in people with asthma - but symptoms are more severe
...symptoms. They also measured their peak expiratory flow from the lungs twice daily. Nasal secretions were examined for rhinovirus every two weeks. 753 nasal samples were assessed. Rhinovirus was detected in around 10% (38/378) of samples from participants with asthma and 8.5% (32/375) of samples from he...Patients who need cardiac resynchronization therapy may be eligible for Cedars-Sinai clinical trials
...t heart chambers, effectively reducing the forward flow of blood through the heart. Cardiologists and heart surgeons at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have offered cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) since the introduction of biventricular pacing devices several years ago. These devices, implanted using...Yale-designed protocol addresses problems that are often overlooked in the elderly
...sible and did not interfere unduly either with the flow of the clinic visit or with the clinicians ability to use their individual clinical judgment," Bogardus said in the study. "Moreover, the clinicians reported that the guided care protocol had a noticeable impact on their clinical practice and reminde...Delaying disability in elderly
...kes them more resistant to fatigue, increase blood flow to muscles, and reduce inflammation that results in muscle wasting. WHAS was initiated by NIA to better understand the causes and course of disability in older women. It was a prospective, observational study of 1,002 women age 65 years and older ...Surgeon warns that hospitals need to face the resource implications of breast reconstruction surgery
...y. Infection, bleeding or compromise of the blood flow to the newly formed breast are all potential problems. Further surgery might be required to perform nipple reconstruction and to make minor adjustments to the shape of the reconstructed breast. Mr Dace said: We have demonstrated that simple cancer s......arch 26 Mental stress can trigger a lack of blood flow to the heart and increase the risk of death in peo...se. Previous studies have shown that reduced blood flow during mental stress tests is linked to significantly higher rates of adverse cardiac events. These...