News tagged with brain aneurysm

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.

Medicine & Health / Other

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

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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

Smokers with stroke in the family 6 times more likely to have stroke too

A new study shows that people who are smokers and have a family history of brain aneurysm appear to be significantly more likely to suffer a stroke from a brain aneurysm themselves. The research is published in the December ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0