Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/stroke/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241285.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241285.phpWithin a few years, a new generation of easy-to-use blood-thinning drugs will likely replace Coumadin for patients with irregular heartbeats who are at risk for stroke, according to a journal article by Loyola University Medical Center physicians. Unlike Coumadin, the new drugs do not require patients to come in to the clinic on a regular basis to check the dose...Cardiovascular / Cardiology Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241221.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241221.phpA genetic variant that increases the risk of a common type of stroke has been identified by scientists in a study published online in Nature Genetics. This is one of the few genetic variants to date to be associated with risk of stroke and the discovery opens up new possibilities for treatment...Stroke Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241181.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241181.phpIn a surprising finding with significant implications for older women, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and NYU School of Medicine have found that high levels of triglycerides (blood fats) are the strongest risk factor for the most common type of stroke in older women - more of a risk factor than elevated levels of total cholesterol or of...Stroke Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241190.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241190.phpJohns Hopkins neurologists report success with a new means of getting rid of potentially lethal blood clots in the brain safely without cutting through easily damaged brain tissue or removing large pieces of skull...Stroke Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241229.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241229.phpStryker has just announced the results of the TREVO Study at the International Stroke Conference in New Orleans...Stroke Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241196.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241196.phpA new way of opening blocked arteries in the brain using a removable stent system in people suffering strokes brought remarkably positive results in how those patients recovered from the strokes, according to a study presented at the American Stroke Association's annual conference in New Orleans...Stroke Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241202.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241202.phpAn experimental device for removing blood clots in stroke patients dramatically outperformed the standard mechanical treatment, according to research presented by UCLA Stroke Center director Dr. Jeffrey L. Saver at the American Stroke Association's 2012 international conference in New Orleans...Stroke Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241206.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241206.phpIn the largest and longest head-to-head comparison of two anti-clotting medications, warfarin and aspirin were similar in preventing deaths and strokes in heart failure patients with normal heart rhythm, according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012...Stroke Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241209.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241209.phpA new drug that showed promise in animal studies and an early clinical trial didn't improve disability among stroke patients, according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012. After a stroke and other types of brain damage, the brain naturally produces more granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF)...Stroke Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241210.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241210.phpThe anti-blood clot regimen that adds the drug clopidogrel (Plavix) to aspirin treatment is unlikely to prevent recurrent strokes and may increase the risk of bleeding and death in patients with subcortical stroke according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012...Stroke Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241143.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241143.phpThe disparity in stroke-related deaths among black and white children dramatically narrowed after prevention strategies changed to include ultrasound screening and chronic blood transfusions for children with sickle cell anemia, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012...Stroke Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241144.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241144.phpFor patients with a type of irregular heart beat called atrial fibrillation (AF), a new anti-clotting drug might be better at preventing clot-related strokes while minimizing the risk of causing a bleeding stroke. The research was presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012...Cardiovascular / Cardiology Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241145.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241145.phpBeing anemic could more than triple your risk of dying within a year after having a stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012. "Among stroke patients, severe anemia is a potent predictor of dying throughout the first year after a stroke," said Jason Sico, M.D...Stroke Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241132.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241132.phpStroke experts from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center presented research updates at the International Stroke Conference of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Feb. 1 through Feb. 3 in New Orleans...Stroke Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241109.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241109.phpA research team led by investigators at Mayo Clinic in Florida has found that a small device worn on a patient's brow can be useful in monitoring stroke patients in the hospital. The device measures blood oxygen, similar to a pulse oximeter, which is clipped onto a finger...Stroke Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241112.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241112.phpOccasional erratic heart rhythms appear to cause about one-fifth of strokes for which a cause is not readily established, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012. About one-third of survivors leave the hospital with the cause of their stroke still undetermined...Stroke Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241124.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241124.phpDespite advances in the diagnosis and treatment of unruptured brain aneurysms, outcomes have remained stagnant over the last 10 years. This can be explained by the dramatic proliferation of minimally invasive endoscopic coiling procedures at lower-volume community hospitals, where outcomes are inferior...Stroke Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241096.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241096.phpPeople with severe sleep apnea may have an increased risk of silent strokes and small lesions in the brain, according to a small study presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012. "We found a surprisingly high frequency of sleep apnea in patients with stroke that underlines its clinical relevance as a stroke risk factor," said Jessica Kepplinger, M.D...Stroke Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241073.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241073.phpA new comparison of the procedures to help prevent strokes by removing or relieving blockages in the arteries of the neck concludes they are equally effective at halting repeat blockage. Two years after treatment with either surgery or a minimally invasive treatment using wire coils called stents, the re-blockage rate remained the same, approximately six percent...Stroke Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241121.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241121.phpNEW ORLEANS - Roughly 40% of patients who survive a stroke do not take aspirin on a daily basis, despite established guidelines that recommend its use for secondary prevention in this population, investigators announced at the 2012 International Stroke Conference. Dr. John G. Fort, Chief Medical Officer of POZEN Inc...Stroke Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241055.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241055.phpClot-busting drugs may be safe for patients who wake up experiencing stroke symptoms, according to preliminary research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012. In "wake-up" stroke, the person wakes up with symptoms after going to sleep with none...Stroke Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241056.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241056.phpAn experimental drug, clazosentan, reduced the risk of blood vessel spasm in patients with a brain aneurysm, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012...Stroke Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241057.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241057.phpCommon infections in children pose a high risk of ischemic stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012. In a review of 2.5 million children, the researchers identified 126 childhood ischemic stroke cases and then randomly selected 378 age-matched controls from the remaining children without stroke...Stroke Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241058.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241058.phpSevere, rapid memory loss may be linked to - and could predict - a future deadly stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012. Researchers found that people who died after stroke had more severe memory loss in the years before stroke compared to people who survived stroke or people who didn't have a stroke...Stroke Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241009.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241009.phpIndividuals who drink diet soft drinks on a daily basis may be at increased risk of suffering vascular events such as stroke, heart attack, and vascular death. This is according to a new study by Hannah Gardener and her colleagues from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and at Columbia University Medical Center...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness