Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Patients who have had a mini-stroke to not appear to have a reduced risk of further strokes if they undergo EC-IC bypass surgery, a procedure aimed at improving blood flow in the carotid artery, researchers from University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, reported in JAMA (Journal of ...
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
It’s no secret that high blood pressure ups your risk for heart attack and stroke. But now scientists are saying it could also affect how you perceive emotions.
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Sunday, November 6th, 2011
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have identified a protein that kick-starts the response to low levels of oxygen, suggesting new lines of research relevant to a variety of potentially fatal disorders associated with diminished oxygen supply, including cancer, heart disease, stroke and other neurological conditions that affect millions of people ...
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
A drug treatment has been proven to prevent lesions from cerebral cavernous malformation - a brain blood vessel abnormality that can cause bleeding, epilepsy and stroke - for the first time in a new study. The drug fasudil, which prevented the formation of lesions in a genetic mouse model of ...
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Sunday, October 30th, 2011
In support of World Stroke Day on October 29, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call on Americans to take immediate action to reduce their risk for stroke. Every 6 seconds someone in the world dies from stroke, making it also one of the leading causes of death ...
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