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High Rate of Stenosis Progression Identified with Routine Carotid Doppler Surveillance (P5.284)
Conclusions:Among this prospective cohort of asymptomatic ≥50% carotid stenosis subjects followed with carotid Doppler imaging, high rates of carotid stenosis progression occurred despite contemporary intensive medical management, and significant TIA/stroke rates were also noted, especially among those with ≥80% stenosis. These results support further study of routine carotid Doppler surveillance in management of asymptomatic carotid stenosis.Study Supported by:Grants from the American Heart Association (15GRNT25270010), NIH (1 U54GM104938) and the VA Clinical Science Research & Development Service (CX000340)Disc...
Source: Neurology - April 17, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Kirkpatrick, A., Stoner, J., Tafur, A., Elias, A., Prodan, C. Tags: SubAcute Interventional Therapies in Cerebrovascular Disease Source Type: research

Recurrent stroke in a patient with vitamin B12 deficiency and MTHFR mutation
We report an unusual case of recurrent stroke in a patient with vitamin B12 deficiency who was also homozygous for the methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene mutation. The patient was a 35-year-old male vegetarian with no known medical history who initially presented with global aphasia, slurred speech, right facial weakness, and right-sided hemiplegia and was found to have a stroke (NIH Stroke Scale score of 25). At that time a CT scan of the head ruled out intracranial hemorrhage and a CT angiogram of the head and neck was done. The patient was found to have occlusion of the M1 segment of the left middle cereb...
Source: Neurology Clinical Practice - February 12, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Zacharia, G., Shani, D., Ortiz, R. A. Tags: Stroke in young adults, Stroke prevention, Hematologic, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke Case Source Type: research

A pattern of brain activity may link stress to heart attacks
Conclusion This intriguing study sets out a possible pathway by which the effects of stress on the brain could translate into inflammation in the blood vessels, and so raise the risks of cardiovascular disease. This would help to explain why people living in stressful situations, or with illnesses such as depression and anxiety, are more at risk of heart attacks and strokes. However, there are important limitations to the study which mean we should treat the findings with caution. The main study of 293 people was relatively small for a long-term study looking at cardiovascular disease, and only 22 people had a cardiovascul...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology Mental health Source Type: news

Lipid Changes Around the Final Menstrual Period Predict Carotid Subclinical Disease in Postmenopausal Women Clinical Sciences
Conclusions—Changes in lipids as women approach the FMP provide useful clinical information for understanding postmenopausal carotid indices.
Source: Stroke - December 22, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Karen A. Matthews, Samar R. El Khoudary, Maria M. Brooks, Carol A. Derby, Sioban D. Harlow, Emma J.M. Barinas–Mitchell, Rebecca C. Thurston Tags: Epidemiology, Women, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Artery Disease Original Contributions Source Type: research

Behind the Headlines 2016 Quiz of the Year
In 2014, Behind the Headlines has covered more than 500 health stories that made it into the mainstream media. If you've been paying attention you should find this quiz easy and fun. Why not test your knowledge of 2014's health news with our month-by-month quiz? Answers are at the foot of the page (no peeking!).   In January 2016's health news... In a controversial study, monkeys were genetically engineered to develop what disorder? 1) Sex addiction 2) Bi-polar disorder 3) Autism In a similarly controversial study, what psychological condition was dismissed as a "myth" 1) Seasonal affective disorder...
Source: NHS News Feed - December 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Special reports Source Type: news

Interventions to reduce cognitive impairments following critical illness: a topical systematic review
ConclusionNone of the interventions had significant positive effects on cognitive impairments following critical illness. Quality was negatively affected by study limitations, imprecision and indirectness in evidence. Clinical research on cognition is feasible, but large, well designed trials with a specific aim at reducing cognitive impairments are needed.
Source: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica - October 31, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: H. K. Nedergaard, H. I. Jensen, P. Toft Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

The Troms ø Study 1974-2016: forty years of cardiovascular research.
The Tromsø Study 1974-2016: forty years of cardiovascular research. Scand Cardiovasc J. 2016 Sep 21;:1-16 Authors: Njølstad I, Mathiesen EB, Schirmer H, Thelle DS Abstract The rapid increase of coronary heart disease mortality in Northern Norway during 1951-1970 was why the newly established University of Tromsø decided to start a study to identify major operating cardiovascular risk factors. The first Tromsø survey in 1974 suggested that the relatively high cardiovascular mortality was associated with elevated cholesterol levels and high prevalence of smoking, while high-density-lipoprotein-choles...
Source: Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal - September 23, 2016 Category: Cardiology Tags: Scand Cardiovasc J Source Type: research

Cardiovascular highlights from non-cardiology journals
Cholesterol Lowering in Intermediate-risk Persons without Cardiovascular Disease Implementation of statin therapy in practice for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease is controversial due to concerns over costs and side-effects with broader use and uncertainty regarding LDL goals in the primary prevention population. Previous primary prevention trials suggest a reduction in cardiovascular outcomes in largely white patients with significant risk factors for coronary disease. The HOPE-3 trial randomized a diverse population of 12,000 individuals over 55 years of age (women over 60) with 1–2 relatively modest ri...
Source: Heart - September 12, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kearney, K., McCabe, J. M. Tags: Journal scan Source Type: research

Personalized absolute benefit of statin treatment for primary or secondary prevention of vascular disease in individual elderly patients
ConclusionsWith a multivariable prediction model the absolute treatment effect of a statin on MACE for individual elderly patients with and without vascular disease can be quantified. Because of high ARRs, treating all patients is more beneficial than prediction-based treatment for secondary prevention of MACE. For primary prevention of MACE, the prediction model can be used to identify those patients who benefit meaningfully from statin therapy.
Source: Clinical Research in Cardiology - August 22, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Leading Health Mistakes Women Make In Their 30s
Credit For many women, turning 30 marks the real beginning of adulthood. You're established in a career, and maybe in a relationship. You might be thinking about starting a family. You feel pretty good about yourself, and all the health indiscretions of your 20s (remember those all-night parties and how you still managed to make it into work the next day?) haven't taken much of a health toll. But let's face it, ages 30 to 39 are prime time. All in all, the 30s are a very positive time for health, but it's also the time you have to start developing excellent habits as an investment in the future, says Dr. Debra DeJoseph,...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

High-grade carotid artery stenosis: A forgotten area in cardiovascular risk management
Conclusions The clinical event rate was high in patients with high-grade CAS and the management of cardiovascular risk was deficient in all aspects.
Source: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - August 10, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Good, E., Länne, T., Wilhelm, E., Perk, J., Jaarsma, T., de Muinck, E. Tags: Original scientific papers Source Type: research

'Nine out of 10 strokes preventable,' claims study
Conclusion This valuable research aims to clarify which preventable risk factors are associated with stroke risk – knowledge that could have an effect on addressing this important global health problem. The study's strengths are that it is based on a large sample size of nearly 27,000 people from 32 countries and of different socioeconomic backgrounds. The researchers made careful attempts beforehand to calculate how many participants they would need to include to be able to reliably detect differences in risk factors. There was little missing data across the total sample – for the various different risk factors as...
Source: NHS News Feed - July 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology Medication Source Type: news

Progressive Cortical Neuronal Damage and Chronic Hemodynamic Impairment in Atherosclerotic Major Cerebral Artery Disease Clinical Sciences
Conclusions— In patients with atherosclerotic internal carotid artery or middle cerebral artery disease, the progression of cortical neuronal damage was associated with hemodynamic impairment at baseline and hemodynamic deterioration during follow-up. Statin use may be beneficial against hemodynamic deterioration and therefore neuroprotective.
Source: Stroke - May 22, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Yamauchi, H., Kagawa, S., Kishibe, Y., Takahashi, M., Higashi, T. Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke, Ischemic Stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research

I Never Thought Stroke Would Happen to Me
by Myra Wilson, Stroke Survivor On November 3, 2014, I was in nursing school working as a student nurse at a hospital in Seattle. My first sign that something was not quite right was when I was walking through the nursing station and both of my eyes went blurry. I could still see color but I couldn't see letters. It was blurry for about 30 seconds before clearing up again. I was going to lunch and went to give a report to another nurse. The nurse noticed while I was speaking that I slurred my speech. I didn't notice my speech was slurred at all. It was at that time that I experienced a sudden sharp pain on the right s...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Golf and Wellness: Enjoy Your Health in Full Swing
On June 11, 2016, over 3,000 properties in 83 countries will celebrate Global Wellness Day with the objective to touch the hearts and minds of 250 million people. Thousands of wellness activities will be organized, free of charge, by day spas and salons, hotel spas, fitness clubs, yoga/Pilates studios, ballet companies and dance schools, town halls, even golf clubs. Millions of people will be given the opportunity to try new fun and healthy activities, experience new sensations as bodies are pleasantly invited to breathe consciously, stretch to one's heart content, walk the talk, hike to discover new horizons, pack a scrum...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news