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Depressed Stroke Survivors May Face Triple the Risk of Death
SAN DIEGO – People who are depressed after a stroke may have a tripled risk of dying early and four times the risk of death from stroke than people who have not experienced a stroke or depression, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 65th Annual Meeting in San Diego, March 16 to 23, 2013.
Source: American Academy of Neurology - January 12, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Study: Teen Years May Be Critical in Later Stroke Risk
MINNEAPOLIS – The teenage years may be a key period of vulnerability related to living in the "stroke belt" when it comes to future stroke risk, according to a new study published in the April 24, 2013, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Source: American Academy of Neurology - April 27, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Antioxidants in Your Diet May Not Reduce Risk of Stroke or Dementia
MINNEAPOLIS – Contrary to other research, a new study found that the total level of antioxidants in people's diets is not related to their risk of developing stroke or dementia.
Source: American Academy of Neurology - February 20, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Tests to Predict Heart Problems and Stroke May Be More Useful Predictor of Memory Loss than Dementia Tests
MINNEAPOLIS – Risk prediction tools that estimate future risk of heart disease and stroke may be more useful predictors of future decline in cognitive abilities, or memory and thinking, than a dementia risk test, according to a new study published in the April 2, 2013, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Source: American Academy of Neurology - April 1, 2013 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Sudden neuropathological deaths: An autopsy study
Background Sudden or unexpected death can occur from unnatural causes, such as violence or poisoning, as well as from natural causes. Second to cardiac causes, neuropathology is one of the main causes of sudden natural death. In spite of the increasing incidence of neuropathological deaths, few studies have been conducted in Asia – hence the reason for the present study. Methods A 10-year (January 2003 to December 2012) retrospective study was conducted at the MS medico-legal institute in a metropolitan city of southern India. All the cases of sudden natural death, where the cause of death was opined to be due to a ...
Source: Medicine, Science and the Law - September 16, 2015 Category: Medical Law Authors: Hugar, B. S., Shetty, H., Girishchandra, Y., Hosahally, J. S. Tags: Original articles Source Type: research

Myoglobinemia markers with potential applications in forensic sample analysis: lipid markers in myoglobinemia for postmortem blood
AbstractThe crush syndrome, in which rhabdomyolysis and trauma occur as a result of heat stroke and drug intoxication, can lead to myoglobinemia. This condition can be diagnosed by measuring myoglobin (Mb) levels in blood and urine. However, postmortem Mb levels are unreliable indicators, since blood Mb concentration drastically increases within a very short time after death and urine cannot always be obtained at dissection; this makes it difficult to diagnose myoglobinemia in a corpse. To address this issue, in this study, we used a lipidomics approach to identify markers that can be used to detect myoglobinemia in postmo...
Source: International Journal of Legal Medicine - October 10, 2017 Category: Medical Law Source Type: research