News tagged with brain aneurysm
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
Jul 30, 2010 |
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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
May 03, 2010 |
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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 ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 26, 2010 |
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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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Jan 04, 2010 |
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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
May 29, 2009 |
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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.
Mar 25, 2009 |
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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 ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 19, 2011 |
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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 ...
Jan 13, 2011 |
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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.
May 19, 2010 |
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Apple director, ex-auto executive York dies
(AP) -- Apple Inc. says board member and former auto industry executive Jerome York has died.
Mar 18, 2010 |
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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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Jan 25, 2010 |
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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 ...
Oct 07, 2009 |
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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 ...
Aug 25, 2009 |
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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 ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 20, 2009 |
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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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Feb 23, 2009 |
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