News tagged with journal stroke
Bored to death? It's possible
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the University College London in the U.K. have found that living a life of boredom can kill you.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Stroke damage to brain may not be permanent, study finds
Brain functions lost after a stroke might not be gone forever.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Technique triggers rapid regrowth in damaged bone (Update)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine being able to re-grow a broken bone three times more quickly than normal. (Harry Potter fans? Think Skele-gro.) That’s just what researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Scientists identify major source of cells' defense against oxidative stress
Both radiation and many forms of chemotherapy try to kill tumors by causing oxidative stress in cancer cells. New research from USC on a protein that protects cancer and other cells from these stresses could one day help ...
Apr 06, 2012 |
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Aspirin improves survival in women with stable heart disease, study
New results from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Observational Study provide additional evidence that aspirin may reduce the risk of death in postmenopausal women who have heart disease or who have had a stroke. Jacques ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Similar long-term mortality risks in men with type 2 diabetes and men with cardiovascular disease
Men with type 2 diabetes and men with previous heart attack or stroke had a 3 to 4 fold risk of cardiovascular death compared to men without either disease in the years following the first acute event, according to a study ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Mesh-like network of arteries adjusts to restore blood flow to stroke-injured brain
A grid of small arteries at the surface of the brain redirects flow and widens at critical points to restore blood supply to tissue starved of nutrients and oxygen following a stroke, a study published this ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 30, 2009 |
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Single gene defect can cause stroke, other artery diseases
For the first time, scientists have discovered a single gene defect that causes thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections as well as early onset coronary artery disease, ischemic stroke and Moyamoya disease. ...
May 01, 2009 |
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Mouse brain rewires its neural circuits to recuperate from damaged neural function after stroke
Japanese research group led by Professor Junichi Nabekura in National Institute for Physiological Sciences, NIPS, Japan, found that, after cerebral stroke in one side of the mouse brain, another side of the brain rewires ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Clinical study shows patients gain limb movement years after stroke
Patients show modest yet meaningful gains in limb movement and an improved outlook on life years after suffering a stroke, a major clinical study has found. The paper, published online this week in the New England Journal of ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 16, 2010 |
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Brain may use clot-busting drug naturally as protection against stroke
New research on the properties of the clot-busting stroke drug tPA (tissue-type plasminogen activator) suggests that tPA can act as a neuroprotectant and may form the keystone of an adaptive response to a reduction in blood ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 05, 2010 |
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National trial shows carotid artery surgery and stenting equally effective in preventing stroke
Physicians now have two safe and effective options to treat their patients at risk for stroke, says a researcher at Mayo Clinic who led a large, NIH-funded, national clinical trial testing surgery or use of a stent to open ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 26, 2010 |
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Age is a factor in choosing between two comparable stroke-prevention procedures
A published report provides the final details on how two stroke-prevention procedures are safe and equally beneficial for men and women at risk for stroke, though their effectiveness does vary by age, say researchers at the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 28, 2010 |
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Acupuncture not effective in stroke recovery
Acupuncture does not appear to aid in stroke recovery, according to a new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Traffic noise increases the risk of having a stroke
Exposure to noise from road traffic can increase the risk of stroke, particularly in those aged 65 years and over, according to a study published online today (Wednesday 26 January) in the European Heart Journal.
Jan 26, 2011 |
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