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PTSD, traumatic experiences may raise heart attack, stroke risk in women
Women with severe PTSD or traumatic events may have a 60 percent higher lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease. The study is the first to examine trauma exposure, PTSD, and onset of cardiovascular disease exclusively in women. Researchers suggest physicians ask women about traumatic events and PTSD symptoms and then monitor them for cardiovascular issues.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 29, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Having a stroke? Where you are makes a huge difference in your treatment
It looks like a crazy quilt spread over the continent. But a new map of emergency stroke care in America shows just how much of a patchwork system we still have for delivering the most effective stroke treatment. And thousands of people a year may end up unnecessarily disabled as a result.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 26, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Key protein may affect risk of stroke
Studies on mice reveal that a special protein in the brain's tiniest blood vessels may affect the risk of stroke. Scientists are learning how the blood-brain barrier develops and what makes the capillaries in the brain different from small blood vessels in other organs.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 26, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
What controls blood flow in the brain?
Scientists present the strongest evidence yet that smooth muscle cells surrounding blood vessels in the brain are the only cells capable of contracting to control blood vessel diameter and thus regulate blood flow. This basic anatomical understanding may also have important implications for phenomena observed in stroke and migraines.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 25, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Road traffic noise linked to deaths, increased strokes
Living in an area with noisy road traffic may reduce life expectancy. Research has found a link between long-term exposure to road traffic noise and deaths, as well as a greater risk of stroke, particularly in the elderly.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 24, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Telomere G-tail: Useful marker of endothelial dysfunction, stroke and dementia
A promising biomarker for the severity of age-related white matter changes (ARWMCs) and endothelial function was recently evaluated. The researchers investigated the association between the telomere G-tail length of leukocytes and vascular risk, ARWMCs, and endothelial function. They suggested that the telomere G-tail might be a useful marker of endothelial dysfunction, as well as stroke and dementia.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 23, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
State stroke legislation increases U.S. primary stroke centers
Primary stroke centers have increased dramatically in the last decade and state legislation to enable them is a major factor in potentially improving access to standard stroke care in the United States. State stroke legislation, urbanization, state economic output, and larger hospital size are four factors that increase the likelihood of a hospital becoming a certified primary stroke center.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 18, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Meeting global air quality guidelines could prevent 2. 1 million deaths per year
Improving air quality -- in clean and dirty places -- could potentially avoid millions of pollution-related deaths each year. That finding comes from a team of environmental engineering and public health researchers who developed a global model of how changes in outdoor air pollution could lead to changes in the rates of health problems such as heart attack, stroke and lung cancer. The researchers were surprised to find the importance of cleaning air not just in the dirtiest parts of the world -- which they expected to find -- but also in cleaner environments like the United States, Canada and Europe.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 16, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Poor sleep associated with increased risk of heart attack, stroke
Poor sleep is associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke, according to results from a recent study. The study included a representative sample of 657 men aged 25 to 64 years with no history of heart attack, stroke or diabetes. In terms of sleep quality, very bad, bad or poor ratings were considered a sleeping disorder in the study. Cases of myocardial infarction and stroke were recorded over the next 14 years.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 15, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Severely impaired stroke survivors regain arm function after intensive physical therapy
Time may heal all wounds, but in the case of stroke survivors, the key to better recovery is to spend more time in an intensive physical therapy program, according to a new study.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 12, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Stroke education helps patients recognize stroke symptoms, encourages fast response
Clear, simple preparedness messages can help patients recognize symptoms of a subsequent stroke and speed up emergency room arrival times. Stroke education materials dramatically improved hospital arrival times, specifically among Hispanic stroke patients, a new study suggests.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 11, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Study links severe restless legs syndrome to increased risk of stroke
Increased restless legs syndrome severity is associated with subsequent increased risk of stroke, researchers report. The study group comprised 72,916 female registered nurses ages 41-58 years in 2005, free of diabetes, stroke, and pregnancy at the baseline.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 8, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Weekly non-invasive brain stimulation provides long-term relief of post-stroke pain
Weekly sessions of non-invasive repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation provided sufficient long-term pain relief in 61 percent of patients with central post-stroke pain, and delivered long-term relief for patients who continued for one year, scientists say.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 8, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Strokes steal eight years' worth of brain function, new study suggests
Having a stroke ages a person's brain function by almost eight years, new research finds -- robbing them of memory and thinking speed as measured on cognitive tests. In both black and white patients, having had a stroke meant that their score on a 27-item test of memory and thinking speed had dropped as much as it would have if they had aged 7.9 years overnight.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 5, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Blood pressure medications can lead to increased risk of stroke
The importance of preventing hypertension is reinforced by a study showing anti-hypertension medicines can increase stroke risk by 248 percent, according to new research.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 29, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
