Low doses of aspirin help prevent some strokes; high doses may increase risk for others
... 3 -- When it comes to aspirin as a way to prevent stroke inhealthy individuals, less may be more according ...es of aspirin are linked to areduction in ischemic stroke risk and that heavy doses may increase the bleedingtype of stroke, especially among older women or t...Hormone linked to body weight may help regulate blood pressure
...essure greatly increases the risk of heart attack, stroke andkidney failure. An estimated one in four adult Americans has high bloodpressure. Although the condition often has no symptoms, it is easy to diagnoseand usually controllable. Co-authors include: Nobuyuki Ura, M.D., Ph.D.; Shigeyuki Saitoh, M.D., ...New study confirms importance of systolic blood pressure
...lic pressureaccurately predicted heart disease and stroke risk in younger patients. Butthis practice excludes the elderly, who tend to have higher systolic pressuresand lower diastolic pressures - and who have the least-controlled blood pressureof all patients." Systolic pressure measures the force blood e...New links found between an 'iron' gene mutation and increased risk for heart attack and stroke
...had double the risk of dying froma heart attack or stroke death. Women who smoked, had high blood pressure ...ne had nearly 19 times the risk of heart attackand stroke death compared to non-smokers with normal blood pressure level whowere not gene carriers, says to Ma...Patient empowerment could improve diabetes care
...to heart disease. (4) Stroke . The risk of stroke is 24 times higher for people with diabetes in the USA. (4) Kidney failure about 40% of people with type 1 diabetes develop severe kidney disease by the age of 50. The risk is also increased (17-fold) in those with type 2 diabetes. (4) Bl...'Silent stroke' linked to depression
...ter age 50 should beevaluated for stroke. A silent stroke occurs when small blood vessels in the brain becom...are not accompanied by theclassic warning signs of stroke such as severe headaches, dizziness or loss ofmotor skills. Individuals often don't realize they've...Gene responsible for cerebral venous abnormalities found
...n of the vascular lesions can be fatal. A massive stroke is oftenthe first and only symptom ever exhibited by those so afflicted. The CCM Consortium reported the findings Thursday and the study resultswill be published in the November issue of Human Molecular Genetics. Theconsortium is comprised o...Telemedicine can be used for accurate diagnosis of stroke symptoms
When a stroke cuts off the blood supply to the delicate tissues ... used to shorten the time required for an accurate stroke diagnosis,especially for patients in locations distant from major medical centers. "There are two m...New approach to imaging separates thought from perception
... the left. This finding may be relevant to stroke patients who have damage to theright ventral parietal region. Such patients often are unable to attend toobjects in the left side of the visual field. The Washington Universityexperiments support previous suggestions that the right ventral parietal r...American Heart Association updates 'mini stroke' guidelines
...IA is about 10 times more likely to suffer a major stroke than someone who has not. The significant medica...ations offers physicians more options for treating stroke and TIA patients," says Gregory W. Albers, M.D., director of the Stanford Stroke Center, Stanford Un...Blood marker can signal trouble for individuals with heart disease
...le the risk of heart attack and double the risk of stroke compared to men with lower CRP levels. In women, studies have shown that elevated levels of CRP may increase the risk of a heart attack by as much as seven times. Oscar O. Bazzino, M.D., chief of cardiology at the Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires...New sterol spread can reduce bad cholesterol
...l esters could reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke for millions of people, according to a study presented today at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. Sterol esters are similar to cholesterol, which is found in meat and dairy products. But sterols are derived from plant oils. The s...Novel neurotransmitter overturns laws of biology, offers potential for stroke treatment
... this...could put researchers on the royal road to stroke treatment." Johns Hopkins scientists have ident...g target "could put researchers on a royal road to stroke treatment." The neurotransmitter is an amino acid called D-serine. It's odd, Snyder says, because...Heart disease begins at a young age
...Association recommendations that heart disease and stroke prevention should begin early in childhood -- before smoking, bad dietary habits, and other causes of heart disease and stroke, such as high blood pressure, physical inactivity, obesity or diabetes, become established, says the senior author of the s......er blood-thinning medications for those at risk of stroke and heart attack SEATTLE - For the first time, r...s and improved anticoagulants for those at risk of stroke and heart attack. The discovery, a collaborative effort between researchers at the Fred Hutchinson ......iences Universityhave always known that battling a stroke is a race against time. Now, two independent studi...aring the blockage. The drug has proved to improve stroke recovery if it isadministered within three hours of a stroke. However, it was not known if t-PA als......uce the risks of developing cardiovasculardisease, stroke and cataracts say Trevithick et al and they suggest that this may be due to theantioxidant actions of their alcohol and other natural antioxidant ingredients. As James Bond is notafflicted by cataracts or cardiovascular disease, the team set out to ...People from large families may have greater risk of Alzheimer's
...ked to many adult diseases, such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes," said study author Victoria Moceri, PhD, of the University of Washington. "We wanted to test whether Alzheimer's may also have a link to the early-life environment." The areas of the brain that show the earliest signs of Alzheimer...Estrogen shows potential as stroke treatment, UF animal studies show
...-A high dose of estrogen administered soon after a stroke can prevent a substantial amount of brain damage i...gen replacement therapy are more likely to survive stroke than those who do not. Simpkins, who has been studying estrogen for 25 years, noted that in previo......of drugs that are widely used--warfarin for use in stroke prevention and following heart valve replacement to prevent complications from blood clots, tolbutamide to lower blood sugar in diabetics, and phenytoin as an anti-seizure agent in people with epilepsy. By determining the prevalence of genetic variat...