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Common drug may protect hearts from damage caused by breast cancer chemotherapy
(University Health Network) New research from UHN's Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC) shows statins, commonly prescribed to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, may also protect the heart from damaging side-effects of early breast cancer treatment.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Making metabolomics data more useful in the study of health risks
(University of Massachusetts Amherst) The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded University of Massachusetts Amherst biostatistician Raji Balasubramanian a four-year, $1.37 million grant to advance the analysis of data from metabolomics research. These studies examine at the molecular level the links between metabolic action and the risk of chronic health conditions, from heart disease and stroke to breast cancer and other complex disorders.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

LSU Health New Orleans discovers potential new RX strategy for stroke
(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) Research conducted at LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence reports that a combination of an LSU Health-patented drug and selected DHA derivatives is more effective in protecting brain cells and increasing recovery after stroke than a single drug.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

AI-designed serotonin sensor may help scientists study sleep and mental health
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) In an article in Cell, National Institutes of Health-funded researchers described how they used advanced genetic engineering techniques to transform a bacterial protein into a new research tool that may help monitor serotonin transmission with greater fidelity than current methods. Preclinical experiments, primarily in mice, showed that the sensor could detect subtle, real-time changes in brain serotonin levels during sleep, fear, and social interactions, as well as test the effectiveness of new psychoactive drugs.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Sex Differences in Death After Stroke
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Women were 39% more likely to die by 1 year after a first stroke. The sex difference was due to advanced age and more severe strokes in women
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

A step toward understanding why COVID-19 boosts stroke risk
(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) A UCLA-led study may help explain how COVID-19 increases the risk for stroke. Scientists made the finding by running fluid spiked with a COVID-19-like protein through a 3D-printed model of the arteries of a patient who had suffered a stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Emerging from the fog: Little understood post-stroke cognitive issues are verified
(University of Maryland) For the first time, researchers at the University of Maryland have measured the physical evidence of diminished neural processing within the brain after a stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Virtual reality applied to rehabilitation for stroke and neurodegenerative disease patients
(Funda ç ã o de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de S ã o Paulo) A study performed at one of the Research Centers supported by FAPESP resulted in development of a novel rehabilitation device. The article was recognized as outstanding by the 20th International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

tRNA fragments are involved in poststroke immune reactions
(Goethe University Frankfurt) Following a stroke, the immune system triggers an inflammatory reaction that can either overshoot or turn into an immune deficiency. Now, a team of researchers - among them scientists from Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany - has shown that tRNA fragments play a role in this immune reaction. Fragments of tRNAs, which transport amino acids during protein synthesis ('transfer RNA'), were long merely considered cellular waste. The researcher's aim: To find new target structures for therapeutics.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Research shows impact of bariatric surgery on cardiovascular disease risk in obese teens
(Children's Hospital Colorado) Researchers at Children's Hospital Colorado determined that the long-term risk of cardiovascular events including heart attack, congestive heart failure, stroke and coronary death was reduced by almost threefold for teenagers with type 2 diabetes who underwent bariatric surgery compared to those whose diabetes was only managed medically.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Seventeen genetic abnormalities that cause brain aneurysms
(Universit é de Gen è ve) Intracranial aneurysm is a dilation of a blood vessel forming a fragile pocket. Rupture results in extremely severe haemorrhage. In the framework of the International Stroke Genetics Consortium, a team led by the University of Geneva, the University Hospitals of Geneva and the University of Utrecht has examinated the genome of more than 10,000 people suffering from aneurysms. 17 genetic abnormalities have been identified, notably involved in the functioning of the vascular endothelium.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

NIH researchers link cases of ALS and FTD to a Huntington's disease-associated mutation
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) A study led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health has made a surprising connection between frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), two disorders of the nervous system, and the genetic mutation normally understood to cause Huntington's disease. This large, international project, which included a collaboration between the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA), opens a potentially new avenue for diagnosing and treating some individuals with FTD or ALS.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Dr. Boukrina of Kessler Foundation extends her study of stroke-related reading deficits
(Kessler Foundation) Reading deficits, an understudied area of research, remain a significant barrier to recovery after stroke. " Support from the Flory Trust has allowed us to address a major barrier to early intervention: the difficulty in identifying reading problems while a stroke survivor is hospitalized, " said Dr. Boukrina. " Because almost every stroke survivor in the US has a brain scan carefully inspected by specialists, we are working to identify markers that will help clinicians identify patients at risk for reading deficits early in their rehabilitative care. "
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Statins can save lives, are they being used?
(Mayo Clinic) People who have coronary artery disease, stroke or peripheral artery disease often are prescribed a statin, a cholesterol-lowering drug that reduces the risk of heart attack or stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Newer blood thinner plus aspirin reduced stroke risk by 27% in patients with heart plaque
(American Heart Association) Patients who suffered a 'warning stroke' were less likely to have another stroke or die within 30 days if treated with a combination of aspirin and a newer blood thinner, ticagrelor. Researchers say that for patients with minor stroke treated within 24 hours of symptom onset, clinicians should consider the combination of ticagrelor plus aspirin to prevent a subsequent stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news