News tagged with mini strokes
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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Surgery halves death risk for stroke patients versus 'stent' treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- People at high risk of having a stroke are half as likely to have a stroke or die following surgery to repair damage to an artery in the neck, rather than ‘stenting’ treatment, according to UCL research published ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 26, 2010 |
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New Web tool may help predict risk of second stroke
Scientists have developed a new web-based tool that may better predict whether a person will suffer a second stroke within 90 days of a first stroke, according to research published in the December 16, 2009, online issue ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Many patients don't know they had minor stroke, need emergency care
More than two-thirds of patients in a British study were unaware they suffered a minor stroke and almost one-third delayed seeking medical attention for more than 24 hours, according to a report in Stroke: Journal of the Am ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Women less likely to have a stroke after mini-stroke
30 days after a transient ischemic attack, women are 30 percent less likely to have a stroke than men, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Yale University. The analysis, including ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 23, 2009 |
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