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Study: Higher rates of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and stroke found in food desert
(Indiana University) A study being discussed Tuesday during the American Public Health Association's annual meeting examined the health impact of developing a grocery store in a low-income urban neighborhood on the east side of Indianapolis. Researchers from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and the Marion County Public Health Department found that residents of the community have much higher rates of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and stroke than in other areas of Marion County.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 5, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Increased cardiovascular risk in men using testosterone therapy prompts warning
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Men taking testosterone therapy had a 29 percent greater risk of death, heart attack and stroke according to a study of a "real world" population of men. An accompanying editorial in JAMA by an endocrinologist with the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania notes that the mounting evidence of a signal of cardiovascular risk warrants cautious testosterone prescribing and additional investigation.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 5, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Microbleeds important to consider in brain-related treatments, UCI neurologist says
(University of California - Irvine) As growing numbers of America's baby boomers reach retirement, neuroscientists are expanding their efforts to understand and treat one of the leading health issues affecting this population: age-related neurological deterioration, including stroke and dementia.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 31, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Flu shot halves risk of heart attack or stroke in people with history of heart attack, study finds
(Women's College Hospital) The flu vaccine may not only ward off serious complications from influenza, it may also reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke by more than 50 percent among those who have had a heart attack, according to new research led by Dr. Jacob Udell, a cardiologist at Women's College Hospital and clinician-scientist at the University of Toronto. What's more, the vaccine's heart protective effects may be even greater among those who receive a more potent vaccine.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 22, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Power and the Presidency
(Concordia University) Throughout US history, presidents have used unilateral directives to impose controversial policies, and Congress and the courts have seldom resisted says Graham Dodds in his new book, "Take Up Your Pen: Unilateral Presidential Directives in American Politics" (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013), which chronicles how presidents came to be able to make law by a mere stroke of the pen and what the impact of these directives has been.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 22, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Excessive alcohol consumption increases the progression of atherosclerosis and the risk of stroke
(University of Eastern Finland) A Finnish population-based study showed that binge drinking was associated with increased atherosclerotic progression in an 11-year follow-up of middle-aged men. The progression of atherosclerosis was increased among men who consumed 6 drinks or more on one occasion. In addition, the risk of stroke increased among men who had at least one hangover per year.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 21, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
A slow, loving, 'affective' touch may be key to a healthy sense of self
(Neuropsychoanalysis Foundation) Research by Neuropsychoanalysis Centre Director Dr. Aikaterini (Katerina) Fotopoulou, University College London and Dr. Paul Mark Jenkinson, University of Hertfordshire finds a loving touch, characterized by a slow caress or stroke -- often an instinctive mother/child gesture or between romantic partners -- may boost the brain's sense of body ownership and, in turn, play a part in creating and sustaining a healthy sense of self, published online in Frontiers of Psychology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Budnik gets EUREKA grant to study communication between nucleus and cytoplasm
(University of Massachusetts Medical School) University of Massachusetts Medical School Professor and Vice Chair of Neurobiology Vivian Budnik, Ph.D., has received a four-year, $1.3 million EUREKA (Exceptional Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration) grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to explore a novel mechanism of communication between the cytoplasm and the nucleus, called nuclear envelope budding, that may lead to new understandings for various tissue dystrophies and aging disorders.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 7, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
UT Dallas researchers find early success in new treatment for stroke recovery
(University of Texas at Dallas) Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas conducted a study testing vagus nerve stimulation as a possible technique to improve recovery from stroke. The stimulation method already is approved for use in humans for treating a number of diseases. In the animal study, researchers found that pairing vagus nerve stimulation with physical rehabilitation returned all of the rats in the trial group to pre-stroke levels -- double the effectiveness of rehabilitation alone.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Study finds socio-economic status impact mortality rates for certain stroke in US
(St. Michael's Hospital) Americans in the highest socio-economic groups have a 13 percent greater chance of surviving a kind of stroke known as a subarachnoid hemorrhage than those in the lowest socio-economic groups, a new study has found.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 27, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Kessler Foundation researcher named Teacher of the Year by Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
(Kessler Foundation) Mooyeon Oh-Park, M.D., assistant director of stroke rehabilitation research at Kessler Foundation was named 2013 "Teacher of the Year" in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. This award is given each year to the faculty member who demonstrated outstanding knowledge in physical medicine and rehabilitation as well as dedication and teaching skills. Dr. Oh-Park is on the faculty of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Obesity combined with exposure to cigarette smoke may pose new health concerns
(American Chemical Society) Millions of people who are obese and smoke tobacco may face additional health problems -- including their responses to common prescription medicines -- that extend beyond the well-known links with cancer, heart attacks and stroke, according to a report presented here today at the 246th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The risks may extend to non-smokers who inhale smoke from cigarettes smouldering nearby.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Huge gaps in hypertension management
(Simon Fraser University) A Simon Fraser University researcher studying hypertension rates in the US, Canada and England says each country needs to do more to prevent the condition, which is the leading risk factor for stroke and heart disease.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 6, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Kessler Foundation fellow receives grant from National Institutes of Health
(Kessler Foundation) Rakesh Pilkar, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow in Human Performance and Engineering Research at Kessler Foundation, was awarded a R03, $153,000 grant by the National Institutes of Health to study the response levels to function electrical stimulation (FES) interventions in walking patterns during the rehabilitation of stroke patients with hemiplegic gait. He will look for the association of the responders' gait characteristics while determining proper FES intervention parameters. Dr. Pilkar's fellowship is funded by NIDRR's ARRT program.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - August 23, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
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
