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Supporting the Women in our Lives: Stroke Prevention
May is Stroke Awareness Month and May 10-16th is National Women's Health Week, making this the perfect time to talk about the special challenges women face related to stroke and how women can reduce their risk and protect their health. Being the mid-Atlantic Regional Health Administrator might make stroke prevention my professional duty, but it's my role as a father, husband, and son to so many special women that makes it my personal responsibility.
It's alarming to think that every 4 minutes someone in the United States dies of a stroke -- most of them women. Stroke -- which is sometimes called a brain attack -- happens...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nicotine Inhibits Microglial Proliferation and Is Neuroprotective in Global Ischemia Rats
Abstract
Ischemic injury in rodent models reliably leads to the activation of microglia, which might play a detrimental role in neuronal survival. Our preliminary studies suggest that nicotine plays a potential role in decreasing the numbers of cultured microglia in vitro. In the present study, we found treatment with nicotine 2, 6, and 12 h after ischemia for 7 days significantly increased the survival of CA1 pyramidal neurons in ischemia/reperfusion rats. This effect was accompanied by a significant reduction in the increase of microglia rather than astrocytes, as well as a significant reduction of enhanced e...
Source: Molecular Neurobiology - May 15, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Nicotine pre-exposure reduces stroke-induced glucose transporter-1 activity at the blood–brain barrier in mice
In this study, we investigated the effects of nicotine on carrier-mediated glucose transport into ischemic brain. Specifically, the present study investigates glucose transporter-1 (GLUT1) function and expression at the BBB in a focal brain ischemia model of mice pre-exposed to nicotine.
Methods:
Nicotine was administrated subcutaneously by osmotic pump at the dose of 4.5 mg/kg/day for 1, 7, or 14 days to reflect the plasma levels seen in smokers. Ischemic-reperfusion (IR) injury was induced by 1 h transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAO) and 24 h reperfusion. Glucose transport was estimated using an in situ ...
Source: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research - April 29, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Kaushik ShahPurushotham BoreddyThomas Abbruscato Source Type: research
Nicotine pre-exposure reduces stroke-induced glucose transporter-1 activity at the blood–brain barrier in mice
Conclusions
Nicotine pre-exposure reduced the IR-enhanced GLUT1 transporter function and expression at the BBB in a focal brain ischemia mouse model. These studies suggest that nicotine exposure prior to stroke could create an enhanced glucose deprived state at the neurovascular unit (NVU) and could provide an additional vulnerability to enhanced stroke injury.
Source: Fluids and Barriers of the CNS - April 29, 2015 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research
3 Key Nutrients For Better Brainpower
By Nancy Christie
When it comes to what we eat, we usually worry more about our waistlines than our wisdom. But a diet that contains a wide assortment of healthy foods and nutrients doesn’t just benefit your body; it may protect your brain from cognitive decline as you age. In order to defend against a variety of age-related conditions that can impair your memory and the general functioning of your brain, a good first step is to concentrate on incorporating three nutrients into your diet: omega-3 fatty acids, flavonoids and vitamin E.
1. Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Brain Volume
For your memory to function smoothly, your br...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 26, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stroke Rounds: Three Keys to Blazing Fast Thrombectomy
(MedPage Today) -- Bundle up, get severity into prehospital notification, and commit, say experts.
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 23, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Stroke patients at heightened risk of attempting suicide
Stroke patients can be up to twice as likely to commit suicide compared with the rest of the population, and the risk of attempted suicide is highest within the first two years after a stroke.
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - April 10, 2015 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Strenuous jogging 'as bad as doing no exercise' claim
Conclusion
This study has suggested that light to moderate jogging could be associated with living longer compared with being sedentary, but strenuous jogging might not be.
Due to the fact that this data was collected prospectively, there are considerable limitations. The main limitation is that although the total number of joggers was quite high (around 1,000), once these joggers were split up by duration, frequency and pace of jogging, some of the individual groups were much smaller. This was particularly the case in the most active jogging categories (those who jogged more often, for longer, and at a higher pace). This ...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 3, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Lifestyle/exercise Source Type: news
Behind the Headlines 2014 Quiz of the Year
In 2014, Behind the Headlines covered more than 500 health stories that made it into the mainstream media.
Test your knowledge of 2014's health news with our month-by-month quiz.
If you've been paying attention, you should find this quiz both easy and fun.
Answers are at the foot of the page (no peeking!).
In January 2014's health news...
What was said to help make bones stronger?
1) Swimming
2) Marriage
3) Listening to classical music
Warnings were issued about the possible return of what?
1) Swine flu
2) The Black Death
3) Smallpox
In February 2014's health news...
What activity was said to lower your ...
Source: NHS News Feed - December 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Special reports Medical practice Source Type: news
"Pictures Don't Lie, Seeing Is Believing": Exploring Attitudes to the Introduction of Pictorial Warnings on Cigarette Packs in Ghana
Conclusions:
Warning labels combining pictures and text have the potential to reduce smoking uptake, increase quit attempts, and reduce smoking appeal among smokers and nonsmokers in Ghana. Measures to prevent single stick sales, or to promote health messages to purchasers of single sticks, are required.
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - November 24, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Singh, A., Owusu-Dabo, E., Britton, J., Munafo, M. R., Jones, L. L. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research
We Are Our Shadows
The same year the Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize, 1989, I had my first panic attack. It was my freshman year in college and in the midst of hip-hop, frozen yogurt and scrunchies, I was celebrating independence from my parents for the first time but struggling academically. I had never defined myself as anxious, nervous or worried. Instead I was the girl who doesn't worry about anything. That's how my family had always described me, and I played the part well.
As I stood in the emergency room breathing into a bag, doctors urging me to go on medication for my anxiety, I began to question my own sanity. These panic att...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UCLA volunteers at free clinic solve small problems for poor that could become catastrophic
It was a typical misunderstanding that could have led to disastrous consequences. The man had run out of medication to control his hypertension. But he couldn’t afford to get it refilled, or so he thought.
So instead of picking up a simple, generic medication at Wal-Mart or Target for $4, the man decided to go without it and unknowingly put himself at risk for a stroke. All because he didn’t realize he could obtain the medication cheaply.
Fortunately, he was one of hundreds who were treated by UCLA health care workers volunteering at the Care Harbor’s annual health clinic held Sept. 11-14 at the Los Angeles Sports Ar...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - September 18, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
As E-Cigarette Poisoning Reports Rise, Bernstein Liebhard LLP Notes...
The Firm is investigating serious health problems that may be related to the use of e-cigarettes, including hospitalizations for nicotine poisoning, heart attack, stroke, pneumonia, congestive heart...(PRWeb August 08, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/e-cigarette-injury/electronic-cigarettes/prweb12082774.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - August 8, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Member States commit to reduce preventable deaths from heart disease and stroke, cancer, diabetes and lung disease
UN Member States have reaffirmed their commitment to take bold measures to reduce the avoidable burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). These ailments, including heart disease and stroke, cancer, diabetes and lung disease kill 38 million people every year, many of them before they reach the age of 70. Most of these largely preventable deaths occur in developing countries, where this epidemic threatens to undermine social and economic development. Member States, gathered for the second time in 3 years at the United Nations in New York to discuss this topic, pledged to intensify efforts to combat the growing menace of NCD...
Source: WHO news - July 11, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: cervical cancer, cervical cancer, infectious diseases, infectious diseases, diabetes mellitus, hyperglycaemia, glucose intolerance, diabetes mellitus, hyperglycaemia, glucose intolerance, chronic diseases, chronic diseases, cerebrovascular accident, cva, Source Type: news
FES for abnormal movement of upper limb during walking in post-stroke subjects.
CONCLUSIONS: The present study showed that a traditional foot drop functional electrical stimulator providing stimulation also to the patient's upper limbs, while being triggered by a foot switch under his or her heel, can help the patient to swing the arms and reduce the foot drop. The method has significant effect on traditional foot drop therapy. The subjects' high degree of acceptance and willingness to commit to long-term use showed that the method is indeed worthy of further research.
PMID: 24990169 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Technology and Health Care - July 2, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Chou CH, Hwang YS, Chen CC, Chen SC, Lai CH, Chen YL Tags: Technol Health Care Source Type: research
