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Study: Racial, ethnic differences in outcomes following stroke known as subarachnoid hemorrhage
Race or ethnicity can be a significant clue in the United States as to who will survive a kind of stroke known as a subarachnoid hemorrhage and who will be discharged to institutional care, a new study has found. Compared to Caucasians, Asian/Pacific Islander patients were more likely and Hispanic patients less likely to die of a subarachnoid hemorrhage, or SAH, while in the hospital. African-American patients were more likely than Caucasians to require institutional care following discharge from the hospital, although their risk of death while in the hospital was similar...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news

10 Years After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Survivors Have Persistent Problems In Key Areas
Ten years after stroke caused by a ruptured aneurysm of the brain, surviving patients have persistent difficulties in several areas affecting quality of life, reports a study in the March issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news

Ssocio-economic status impacts mortality rates for subarachnoid hemorrhage in US
Americans in the highest socio-economic groups have a 13 per cent greater chance of surviving a kind of stroke known as a subarachnoid hemorrhage than those in the lowest socio-economic groups, a new study has found. However, social and economic status have no bearing on mortality rates for subarachnoid hemorrhages, or SAH, in Canada, according to the study led by Dr. Loch Macdonald, a neurosurgeon at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news

Medical News Today: Smoking makes women vulnerable to brain bleeds, study finds
Women who smoke are much more likely than male smokers to experience a form of stroke called subarachnoid hemorrhage - bleeding in the lining of the brain.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Smoking / Quit Smoking Source Type: news