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Stroke declines dramatically, still higher in Mexican-Americans
(Wiley) A new study reports that the incidence of ischemic stroke -- the most common type of stroke, caused by a clot in the blood vessels of the brain -- among non-Hispanic Whites and Mexican-Americans over age 60 has declined over the past decade. Findings are published in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - August 13, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Exercise may reduce heart disease risk in liver transplant recipients
(Wiley) New research reveals that metabolic syndrome -- risk factors that can lead to heart disease and/or stroke -- is common in liver transplant recipients, with rates highest at one year following the procedure. Findings published in Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, indicate that exercise could reduce complications from metabolic disease in patients post-transplantation.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - August 6, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

NIH launches neurological drug development projects
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) The NIH launched three innovative projects that will focus on development of therapeutics for Fragile X syndrome, nicotine addiction, and age-related macular degeneration. These projects are funded through the NIH Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network which provides access to a variety of drug development resources.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 31, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

NIH-funded study suggests that moving more may lower stroke risk
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Here's yet another reason to get off the couch: new research findings suggest that regularly breaking a sweat may lower the risk of having a stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 18, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Greatly increased risk of stroke for patients who don't adhere to anti-hypertensive medication
(European Society of Cardiology) People with high blood pressure, who don't take their anti-hypertensive drug treatments when they should, have a greatly increased risk of suffering a stroke and dying from it compared to those who take their medication correctly. A study of 73,527 patients with high blood pressure, published in the European Heart Journal, found that non-adherent patients had a 5.7-fold higher risk than the adherent patients in the year they died from stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Chinese people may be at higher risk for stroke than Caucasians
(American Academy of Neurology) A new study suggests that Chinese people may be at higher risk for stroke than Caucasians. The research is published in the July 16, 2013, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Altered protein shapes may explain differences in some brain diseases
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) It only takes one bad apple to spoil the bunch, and the same may be true of certain proteins in the brain. Studies have suggested that just one rogue protein can act as a seed, leading to the misfolding of nearby proteins. According to an NIH-funded study, various forms of these seeds -- originating from the same protein -- may lead to different patterns of misfolding that result in neurological disorders with unique sets of symptoms.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Health systems should be re-organized to better help stroke patients
(Public Library of Science) Patients who have experienced a stroke spend a substantial amount of time and effort seeking out, processing, and reflecting on information about the management of their condition because the information provided by health services worldwide is currently inadequate, according to a study by UK and US researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 25, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

UTSA student wins American Heart Association fellowship for nanosystems engineering research
(University of Texas at San Antonio) University of Texas at San Antonio biomedical engineering Ph.D. candidate Anand Srinivasan has been awarded a $25,000, one-year doctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. This highly competitive fellowship provides significant funding to doctoral students to support research and training in cardiovascular and stroke discoveries. Srinivasan will develop a new chip-based platform that can be used to test the effectiveness of drug treatments for infective endocarditis, a dangerous bacterial-fungal infection of the heart's inner lining.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 19, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

1 in 4 stroke patients suffer PTSD
(Columbia University Medical Center) One in four people who survive a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) suffer from symptoms of PTSD within the first year post-event, and one in nine experience chronic PTSD more than a year later. The data suggest that each year nearly 300,000 stroke/TIA survivors will develop PTSD symptoms as a result of their health scare. The study, led by Columbia University Medical Center researchers, was published today in the online edition of PLOS ONE.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 19, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

High blood pressure among blacks and young adults is focus of $11 million stroke prevention project
(University of California - San Francisco) A new $11 million grant to Kaiser Permanente Northern California and UC San Francisco will support a multifaceted research program aimed at lowering stroke risk among black populations and younger stroke victims by targeting high blood pressure, also known as hypertension.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 19, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Exercise for stroke patients' brains
(University of Southern California) The researchers found that while the typical brain responded to the visual stimulus with activity in cortical motor regions that are generally activated when we watch others perform actions, in the stroke-affected brain, activity was strongest in these regions of the damaged hemisphere, and strongest when stroke patients viewed actions they would have the most difficulty performing.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Minor changes in cardiovascular health reduce chances of stroke
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) A report published in Stroke showed that small improvements in cardiovascular risk factors reduce the chances a person will suffer a stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 6, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Difference in arterial health seen in highly active college-age people compared to inactive peers
(Indiana University) Indiana University researchers found that people in their 20s already began to demonstrate arterial stiffening -- when arteries become less compliant as blood pumps through the body -- but their highly active peers did not. A reduction in compliance of the body's arteries is considered a risk factor, predictive of future cardiovascular disease, such as high blood pressure and stroke. This new study is the first to examine arterial stiffening in a young, healthy population.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 31, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

FDA clears medical device for muscle and joint rehabilitation
(Oregon Health & Science University) The Food and Drug Administration today granted 510(k) clearance to a muscle and joint rehabilitation medical device developed by OHSU Scientist Dr. Paul Cordo, Ph.D., and AMES Technology, Inc. Patients who might use the device include stroke victims and patients with partial injuries to the spinal cord injury patients.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 30, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news