Widely Used Therapy May Not Be Effective In Treatment Of Acute Stroke
...esults when blood clots form on the surface of the plaques in thearteries. The blood clot may close off the artery entirely or a piece of theclot may break off and travel to the brain (embolism). For many years,medications such as antiplatelets (for example, aspirin) and anticoagulants (forexample, warfarin......associated with the rupturing of large cholesterol plaques thathave built-up, over time, near the outer walls of the heart chamber. "At thepresent time, we treat this condition with a combination of heparin and aspirinbecause both of those drugs have unique properties that encourage thedissolution of plaque...Three INEEL Inventions Win International Recognition
...roduction. The researchers will officially receive plaques commemorating their achievementat an awards banquet this fall at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Anarticle on the winners will appear in R&D Magazine. --INEEL-- Media Advisory for Wednesday, July 8:The Idaho National Engineering and Enviro...Antibiotics Reduce Inflammation In Heart Disease But Effect On Heart Attacks Remains Unproven
...presence of Chlamydiapneumoniae in atherosclerotic plaques and indicating an association betweenthese organisms and atherosclerosis," Grayston says. "But the evidence we haveso far doesn't prove that Chlamydia pneumoniae causes atherosclerosis. Within afew years, the results of two large-scale, long-term s...Hardening Of The Aorta Increases The Risk Of Stroke
...that in patients withatherosclerosis, one of those plaques might break loose as the vessel is movedaround. Or...ughout thebody, the researchers say. In that case, plaques in the aorta might not cause astroke but might signal the presence of disease in other vessels. In a...Artery Temperatures Identify Hot Spots On Plaque That May Rupture And Trigger Heart Attack
...nd an acute heart attack, thetemperatures of their plaques were consistently higher than the uniformtemperatu...creased with the seriousness of the diagnosis. The plaques of patients withstable angina averaged 0.190° F above the temperature in their unaffected,healt...New Approach To Attacking Alzheimer's Disease Studied
...that BChE levels are increased in the beta-amyloid plaques which form inthe brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease and that BChE amplifies plaquetoxicity. "These facts suggest," write the researchers, "that inappropriate BChE activityincreases the risk and/or progression of Alzheimer's disease." What e...New imaging method in development to show Alzheimer's progression
...mpounds are also shown to effectivelylabel amyloid plaques in tissue slices from postmortem AD brain," he adds. "Studies are in progress to determine whether these compounds will reach thebrain of a live animal, as suggested by their solubility properties, and bindbrain amyloid. In addition, a novel seri...Cholesterol lowering in elderly reduces heart disease and strokes
... In the latter form, the person has nosymptoms but plaques have formed in arteries. As noted, older Americans have more CHD than any other age group andsuffer more coronary events, such as heart attacks and angina. Most first CHDevents strike after age 65, according to the report. The report...Penn study shows that head trauma produces Alzheimer's-like neurodegeneration
...iochemicalprocess that leads to the development of plaques in brain-injured animalsmirrors the plaque-forming process in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. Thisfinding supports previous epidemiological evidence that brain trauma in humansincreases the risk for developing Alzheimer's disease later in life. ...Normal cellular enzyme becomes marker for Alzheimer's disease
...alities, or "lesions," associated with thedisease: plaques and tangles. The work appears in the October issue...nk between GVD bodies and the morecommonly studied plaques and tangles typical of AD brains. "The most important conclusion from our work is the existence of a...Green tea shows antioxidant benefits in human plasma
...important step in the formation of atherosclerotic plaques and subsequentcardiovascular disease, so lowered PC-OOH levels suggest a lowered risk ofcardiovascular disease. Miyazawa said two methodologies previously tested by his group allowed for ahighly sensitive as well as a highly selective way to determin...New light on the role of microbial pathogens in atherosclerosis
...uce atheroma plaque. The researchers found thatthe plaques were three times bigger than in similarly treated ...taining microbial pathogens.This time the atheroma plaques in the deficient mice were 30 times larger thanin their IL-10-producing counterparts. In other words...Gene therapy reverses heart disease in mice
...ding occurred at about 200 days after treatment -- plaques in the gene-injected mice had essentially disappeared. "It has never been demonstrated that we could completely remove plaque in an animal or human just by altering the lipoprotein contents of the blood by a gene," Duverger says. The researchers bre...Study links one human gene to multiple diseases of old age
...of the beta-amyloid peptide, the main component of plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. These plaques form after beta-amyloid is modified by an enzyme called transglutaminase, which Roninson and his col...University of Toronto researchers develop potent vaccine for Alzheimer's
...ion. After developing transgenic mice with amyloid plaques and cognitive impairment similar to those found in...yloid peptides blocked both the production of the plaques and learning impairment. "Not only were we able to clean up the brain tissue, but we also prevented ...Brain's efforts to save itself during Alzheimer's may backfire
...tute in Stockholm found that mice bred for amyloid plaques also have an excess of galanin, but researchers do not know exactly why. A drug that blocked galanin might be able to slow or reverse the mental damage caused by the disease. Because Alzheimers is so complicated, it may be that someday people have to...Bad habits, non-cholesterol risk factors in youth linked to fatty plaques
...sity already had fatty streaks and artery-clogging plaques in the abdominal aorta and in the right coronary a...s in young people is associated with more arterial plaques that lead to coronary heart disease in middle age. Nearly half the individuals possessed at least o...High-tech scan for blocked arteries matches conventional tests in finding root of symptoms
...itive for many centers. And, its inability to spot plaques that aren't calcified, or to distinguish easily between plaques and the normal calcium that builds up in the arteries of older people, are also drawbacks. The U-M a......f commericialization at VTIP, and Peters presented plaques for inventions related to hosptial beds for children, livestock vaccines, pest controls, new materials, energy saving power-electronic systems, noise supression, a 3-D microscope, and better antenna, sensors, and shock absorbers. A research colla...