News tagged with brain aneurysm

People with common heart defect also more likely to have brain aneurysms

A new study shows that people with a common heart defect may also be more likely to have brain aneurysms. The study is published in the May 4, 2010, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neu ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy may protect women against brain aneurysms

Results from a new study suggest that oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may yield additional benefit of protecting against the formation and rupture of brain aneurysms in women. The findings from this ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smoking significantly increases risk of aneurysm in people with certain genes

For people who carry common gene variants, cigarette smoking greatly increases the risk that a blood vessel in the brain will weaken and balloon out - called an aneurysm - which could be life-threatening if it ruptures, according ...

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created Feb 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study Finds Greater Risk of Brain Aneurysms in People with Aortic Aneurysms

(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that people suffering from thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) may be at significantly greater risk of having an intracranial aneurysm (ICA) at the same time.

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created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Minimally invasive stroke treatment produces better patient outcomes than surgical operation

While minimally invasive coil treatments for those with a ruptured brain aneurysm have proved to be a more effective technique than traditional surgical operation in selected patients, the superior procedure is drastically ...

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created May 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brain surgery on Monday, home on Tuesday

Norma Wooley checked into Loyola University Hospital on a recent Monday morning for brain surgery to repair a life-threatening aneurysm.

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created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Treating complex brain aneurysms without open surgery

A new device to treat brain aneurysms with stents improves access to the blood vessels allowing endovascular neurosurgeons to offer the minimally invasive technique to patients with complex cases. Dr. Demetrius Lopes, an ...

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created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UNC surgeons pioneer new approach to aneurysms: Go through the nose

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Anand V. Germanwala and Dr. Adam M. Zanation have published a paper describing a surgery they performed that is believed to be the first reported clipping of a ruptured brain aneurysm through a patient's ...

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created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple director, ex-auto executive York dies

(AP) -- Apple Inc. says board member and former auto industry executive Jerome York has died.

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created Mar 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New treatment option for ruptured brain aneurysms

Researchers in Finland have identified an effective new treatment option for patients who have suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm, a potentially life-threatening event. Results of the new study on stent-assisted coil embolization ...

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created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Medical Minute: Strike back at stroke -- know your risks

The incidence of stroke is on the rise; this year more than 795,000 people will have a stroke -- a 30 percent increase from 1996. This increase is likely related to our lifestyle choices.

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The Medical Minute: New treatment of brain aneurysms

(PhysOrg.com) -- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center recently became only the third hospital in Pennsylvania and one of only about 30 institutions in the country to offer a new minimally invasive treatment for brain ...

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created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study Finds Low Risk in Treating Previously Coiled Aneurysm

(PhysOrg.com) -- The risks associated with treating a recurrent or residual brain aneurysm that was initially treated by endovascular coiling are low, according to a multicenter study led by researchers at ...

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created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mayo Clinic and IBM advance early detection of brain aneurysms

Preventing deadly ruptures of the blood vessels in the brain is the aim of a new Mayo Clinic project to help radiologists detect aneurysms with far greater speed and accuracy. The new method uses analytics ...

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created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Aneurysms don't occur earlier in second generation

People whose parents or aunts and uncles have had a brain aneurysm are more likely to have one themselves, indicating that genetic risk factors passed down by generation are responsible. Prior studies had suggested that ...

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