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Reported link between diet drinks and dementia and stroke is weak
Conclusion The researchers used data from a large ongoing cohort study to look for links between consumption of sugary and artificially sweetened drinks and risk of stroke or dementia. This cohort study benefits from the large overall sample size, long period of data collection, careful and valid diagnostic assessments, and adjustments for a number of confounders. However, care must be taken when interpreting these results – particularly if latching on to the maximal tripled risk figures reported in the media. There are several points to consider: Small numbers The new number of strokes and dementia in this study was sma...
Source: NHS News Feed - April 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Heart/lungs Neurology Source Type: news

Social Relationships, Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, and the Risk for Stroke and Dementia: The Framingham Heart Study (P1.098)
Conclusions: In our large community sample, greater social support was associated with increased BDNF levels and, in certain dimensions of support, reduced risk of subsequent dementia and stroke. Further study of the biological and social mechanisms through which support from social networks reduce these risks is needed to determine whether relatively simple social interventions may help protect against age-related neurologic disease. Study Supported by: Boston University School of Medicine, a contract from NHLBI (N01-HC 25195), and by grants from the NINDS (NS017950) and NIA (AG031287, AG008122, AG033193).Disclosure: Dr. ...
Source: Neurology - April 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Salinas, J. Tags: Epidemiology of Aging and Dementias Source Type: research

Long-term effects of contralesional rTMS in severe stroke: Safety, cortical excitability, and relationship with transcallosal motor fibers
CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that noninvasive neuromodulation of the contralesional hemisphere may present a possibility to assist adaptive neuroplastic changes in severe chronic stroke. Implementation of DTI-derived measures of transcallosal microstructural integrity may allow for individually-tailored interventions to guide processes of interhemispheric neuroplasticity. Further research is warranted to establish the clinical value of these findings in neurorehabilitation settings for subjects with chronic severe stroke. Content Type Journal ArticlePages -DOI 10.3233/NRE-141191Authors Asli Demirtas-Tatlidede, Beren...
Source: NeuroRehabilitation - December 29, 2014 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: NeuroRehabilitation Source Type: research

Study: Drinking Diet Soda Could Increase Risk Of Dementia, Stroke
BOSTON (CBS) – Diet soda has long been touted as a healthier alternative to sugary soft drinks, but a new study raises some concerning questions. According to new research published in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke, consuming one or more artificially sweetened drinks per day may be linked to a higher risk of stroke and dementia. Those who drank one or more artificially sweetened drinks daily had a 2.89 times higher risk of dementia, and 2.96 higher risk of stroke than people who had less than one of those drinks per week. The people studied are participating in the Framingham Heart Study, which is A...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - April 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Uncategorized Diet Soda Study Source Type: news

Study Links Living Close To Highways With Heart Attack, Stroke
BOSTON (CBS) — A new study conducted by Boston-area researchers shows evidence that links living near highways to increased health risks. The study by researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and Boston University School of Health claims people living close to the Massachusetts Turnpike and Interstate 93 were at higher risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke. The study used mobile labs to study ultrafine particles–microscopic metals and chemicals in the air–in Chinatown, Dorchester, and South Boston. Tufts University professor Doug Brugge said he and his colleagues worked on the study for...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - April 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jon Palmer Tags: Health Local News Syndicated Local Boston University Pollution Tufts University Source Type: news

Does carrying extra weight offer better survival following a stroke?
(Boston University Medical Center) Despite the fact that obesity increases both the risk for stroke and death, a new study has found that people who are overweight or even mildly obese survive strokes at a higher rate as compared to those with a normal body weight.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 29, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Study finds protective effect of obesity after a stroke
A new study by Boston University suggests that although obesity raises the risk of stroke, overweight or mildly obese people survive strokes at higher rates.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - June 29, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Exosuit for Stroke Rehabilitation
Researchers at Harvard University and Boston University have developed a lightweight, soft robotic exosuit that improves gait in patients who have experienced a stroke.
Source: JAMA - September 12, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Balloon-guided catheters provide better blood flow following stroke interventions
(Boston University School of Medicine) Patients who have experienced a stroke as a result of blockages of the arteries in the brain have better outcomes with the use of balloon-guided catheter surgery as compared to having a conventional guided catheter procedure.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 4, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Long-term decline in stroke greater in older adults
(Boston University School of Medicine) Although the occurrence of first-ever ischemic stroke (strokes due to a blood clot that blocks a blood vessel in the brain) at middle age has been decreasing over time, researchers have found that the decline is not as steep as seen in older adults.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Heart failure, stroke greater among occupants in motor vehicle accidents
(Boston University School of Medicine) New research has shown that in older adults (65 and older), being an occupant in an automobile during a motor vehicle accident may lead to heart failure or stroke, as compared to pedestrians who are involved in motor vehicle accidents.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 23, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Greater Long-Term Decline in Stroke Seen Among Older Adults
MONDAY, June 24, 2019 -- The decline in midlife ischemic strokes over time is less pronounced than the decline among older adults, according to a study published in the June issue of Stroke. Hugo J. Aparicio, M.D., from Boston University, and...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 24, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Soft robotic exosuit makes stroke survivors walk faster and farther
(Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard) Using an untethered version of their soft exosuit that carries its own battery and motor, Harvard and Boston University researchers showed in a cohort of six post-stroke survivors with hemiparesis that their device could significantly increase individuals' walking speed by an average 0.14 meters per second. These same individuals, when asked to walk as far as they can in 6 minutes, were able to go 32 meters farther, on average.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Second death linked to potential antibody treatment for Alzheimer ’s disease
A 65-year-old woman who was receiving a promising experimental treatment to slow the cognitive decline caused by her early Alzheimer’s disease recently died from a massive brain hemorrhage that some researchers link to the drug. The clinical trial death, described in an unpublished case report Science has obtained, is the second thought to be associated with the antibody called lecanemab. The newly disclosed fatality intensifies questions about its safety and how widely lecanemab should be prescribed if ultimately approved by regulators. The woman, who received infusions of the antibody as part of the trial, s...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 28, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news

ReWalk Robotics touts Harvard-led Restore soft exosuit study
ReWalk Robotics (NSDQ:RWLK) today released results from a study of a soft suit exoskeleton system designed to aid ambulatory stroke patients, touting that the system was able to facilitate normal walking ability in patients. The study was authored by researchers at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and Boston University, and utilized a prototype that Marlborough, Mass.-based ReWalk Robotics plans to commercialize as the Restore system. Results from the study were published in the Journal of Science Translational Medicine. The Restore system is designed to transmit power to ke...
Source: Mass Device - August 2, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Clinical Trials Prosthetics Robotics ReWalk Robotics Source Type: news