News tagged with fatal stroke

Single men, unhappily married men may have higher risk of fatal stroke

Single or unhappily married men may have an elevated risk of fatal stroke in the coming decades, according to a large study presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2010.

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created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Songbird brain synapses and glial cells capable of synthesizing estrogen

Colin Saldanha, a biology professor at American University in Washington, D.C., has always been intrigued by the hormone estrogen. Specifically, how the hormone that does so much (for example, it promotes sexual behavior ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

FDA recommends lower doses of anemia drugs

(AP) -- Food and Drug Administration officials say doctors should use lower doses of anemia drugs when treating patients with failing kidneys due to the increased risk of stroke, blood clots and death.

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Germany: 365 more sickened in bacterial outbreak

(AP) -- The number of people reported sick in Germany from a foodborne bacterial outbreak that has already killed 16 spiked over the last 24 hours, with nearly 100 more people suffering from severe and potentially ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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European food outbreak soars; mystery deepens

(AP) -- The number of people hit by a massive European outbreak of foodborne bacterial infections is a third bigger than previously known and a stunningly high number of patients suffer from a potentially ...

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European food contamination kills 16, sickens 1150

(AP) -- A massive and unprecedented outbreak of bacterial infections linked to contaminated vegetables claimed two more lives in Europe on Tuesday, driving the death toll to 16. The number of sick rose to ...

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Germany 'really worried' by E. coli outbreak

Germany's consumer minister expressed deep concern Wednesday at an outbreak of poisoning by dangerous bacteria believed to have killed three women and left hundreds ill.

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created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Suspected deadly E. coli outbreak in Germany

German authorities reported Tuesday three suspected deaths from a strain of the E. coli bacterium and warned more were likely because of a "scarily high" number of new infections.

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Push to spur more drugs for deadly rare diseases

(AP) -- Every other week, 7-year-old twins Addison and Cassidy Hempel have an experimental medicine injected into their spines in hopes of battling a rare, fatal disease.

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created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic errors linked to life-threatening pregnancy disorder

Scientists have identified genetic errors in women with autoimmune diseases that increase the risk of preeclampsia, a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs in 10 percent of all pregnancies.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Self-administered light therapy may improve cognitive function after traumatic brain injury

At-home, daily application of light therapy via light-emitting diodes (LEDs) placed on the forehead and scalp led to improvements in cognitive function and post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with a traumatic brain ...

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created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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