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These ants are ballooning with microbe-killing honey
Buried deep underneath the red, sunbaked soil of Australia’s deserts are hidden treasure troves of honey. It’s not the delicacy produced by bees, but rather the only type of honey made by ants. It’s also, a new study confirms, a potentially powerful medicine with antimicrobial properties. Australia’s Indigenous peoples have long used honey from honeypot ants ( Camponotus inflatus ) to treat a variety of maladies, from sore throats to infected wounds. Now, Western scientists are finally getting up to speed. In a study published today in PeerJ , researchers show that the honeypot ant’s honey has...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - July 26, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Ischemic stroke at first presentation of Takayasu arteritis in a young African male from Kenya, East Africa: Case report and brief literature review
We present a case of a young, previously asymptomatic East-African Black male presenting with large territory ischemic infarct at first diagnosis of TA. To our knowledge, this is the first published report of a male patient in East Africa with a stroke as the first presentation of TA.
Source: Clinical Case Reports - May 29, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Christopher Owino, Betty Sirera, Felix Tarus, Beryl Ganda, Chrispine Oduor, Abraham Siika Tags: CASE REPORT Source Type: research

Promise of Physiological Profiling to Prevent Stroke in People of African Ancestry: Prototyping Ghana
AbstractPurpose of ReviewWorldwide, compared to other racial/ethnic groups, individuals of African ancestry have an excessively higher burden of hypertension-related morbidities, especially stroke. Identifying modifiable biological targets that contribute to these disparities could improve global stroke outcomes. In this scoping review, we discuss how pathological perturbations in the renin –angiotensin–aldosterone pathways could be harnessed via physiological profiling for the purposes of improving blood pressure control for stroke prevention among people of African ancestry.Recent FindingsTranscontinental comparative...
Source: Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports - October 1, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

A Clinical and Physiological Prospective Observational Study on the Management of Pediatric Shock in the Post-Fluid Expansion as Supportive Therapy Trial Era*
CONCLUSIONS: Maintenance-only fluid therapy normalized clinical and myocardial perturbations in shock without compromising cardiac or hemodynamic function whereas fluid-bolus management of WHO shock resulted in high fatality. Troponin and lactate biomarkers of cardiac dysfunction could be promising outcome predictors in pediatric septic shock in resource-limited settings.
Source: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - July 1, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research

Challenges and Opportunities in Stroke Nursing Research: Global Views From a Panel of Nurse Researchers
This article reflects panel insights on challenges and opportunities for nurse-led stroke research. DISCUSSION: The research challenges discussed include nursing independence, the processes of informed consent and randomization process, obtaining adequate independent funding, recruiting research subjects, and working with vulnerable groups. The major opportunities to leverage and improve stroke nursing research include facilitating the nurse investigator role, information digitalization, improving health literacy, and collaboration between nurse researchers. SUMMARY: We are living in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and amb...
Source: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - May 13, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Experiences of participation in everyday activities for people with stroke in Nairobi, Kenya
CONCLUSIONS: After stroke, people's experiences of participation in everyday life changed. Performing activities that the person found meaningful added a sense of increased participation and satisfaction. The experience of being dependent in everyday activities and finances appeared to reduce perceived participation. Participation in a group connected to a patient association with like-minded people contributed to a new role, and a sense of belonging.PMID:35491997 | DOI:10.1080/10749357.2022.2070360
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - May 2, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Julius Kamwesiga Aileen Bergstr öm Andrew Bii Lena von Koch Susanne Guidetti Source Type: research

Results of PRospect trial to Elucidate the utility of EchocarDiography-based Cardiac ouTput in acute heart failure (PREDICT)
CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated the predictive value of echocardiographic LV output indices for early WHF in ADHF patients with LV systolic dysfunction. These data support the motivation for routine use of echocardiography for initial assessment of ADHF.PMID:35307223 | DOI:10.1016/j.jjcc.2022.03.003
Source: Journal of Cardiology - March 21, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Hiroyuki Iwano Hiroto Utsunomiya Kentaro Shibayama Hidekazu Tanaka Akihiro Isotani Toshinari Onishi Masaru Obokata Masaki Izumo Kenya Kusunose Atsuko Furukawa Masahiro Yamada Takeshi Kitai Tetsuari Onishi Masayoshi Yamamoto Shunsuke Sasaki Kotaro Nochioka Source Type: research

Stroke Epidemiology, Care, and Outcomes in Kenya: A Scoping Review
Conclusions: Our study highlights that stroke is a significant problem in Kenya, but current evidence is of low quality and limited in guiding policy development and improving stroke care. There is thus a need for increased investment in hospital- and community-based stroke care and research.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - December 16, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Non-High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Risk of Cardiovascular disease: the Japan Epidemiology Collaboration on Occupational Health Study
CONCLUSIONS: High non-HDL-C levels were associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction. Moreover, high and low non-HDL-C levels were associated with a high risk of stroke and its subtypes among Japanese workers.PMID:34690212 | DOI:10.5551/jat.63118
Source: Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis - October 25, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Huan Hu Ami Fukunaga Toshitaka Yokoya Tohru Nakagawa Toru Honda Shuichiro Yamamoto Hiroko Okazaki Toshiaki Miyamoto Naoko Sasaki Takayuki Ogasawara Naoki Gonmori Kenya Yamamoto Ai Hori Kentaro Tomita Satsue Nagahama Maki Konishi Nobumi Katayama Hisayoshi Source Type: research