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Stroke Risk Tightly Aligned With Coronary Atherosclerosis
This study demonstrates that stroke risk is tightly aligned with coronary atherosclerosis, showing the closely related nature of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease," said Dirk M. Hermann, M.D., the study's lead investigator and professor of vascular neurology and dementia at the University Hospital Essen in Germany...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
First Signs Of Heart Disease Seen In Newborns Of Overweight/Obese Mums
Artery wall thickening already present at birth The walls of the body's major artery - the aorta - are already thickened in babies born to mums who are overweight or obese, finds a small study published online in the Fetal and Neonatal Edition of Archives of Disease of Childhood. Importantly, this arterial thickening, which is a sign of heart disease, is independent of the child's weight at birth - a known risk factor for later heart disease and stroke...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
Ischemic Brain Injury Ameliorated ByActivation Of Cortical Type 2 Cannabinoid Receptors
A new study published in the March issue of The American Journal of Pathology suggests that cortical type 2 cannabinoid (CB2) receptors might serve as potential therapeutic targets for cerebral ischemia. Researchers found that the cannabinoid trans-caryophyllene (TC) protected brain cells from the effects of ischemia in both in vivo and in vitro animal models. In rats, post-ischemic treatment with TC decreased cerebral infarct size and edema...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Mediterranean Diet Reduces Heart Attack, Stroke In High Risk Groups
A landmark study from Spain reports that a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or nuts reduced the incidence of major cardiovascular events (heart attack, stroke, cardiovascular death) among people with high cardiovascular risk. Researchers working on the PREDIMED (PREvención con DIeta MEDiterranea) trial write about their findings in the 25 February online issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. PREDIMED is a multicenter, randomized, primary prevention trial of cardiovascular disease funded by the Spanish Ministry of Health...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
How Does The Brain Protect Itself From Stroke Damage?
Scientists from the University of Oxford say they have discovered how the brain protects itself from damage that occurs in stroke. They wrote about their study in the journal Nature Medicine. If we can harness this inbuilt biological mechanism, which the researchers identified in rats, we could develop effective treatments for stroke, as well as prevent other neurodegenerative diseases in the future...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Cannabinoid Trans-Caryophyllene Protects Brain Cells From Ischemia
The activation of cortical type 2 cannabinoid (CB2) receptors with cannabinoid trans-caryophyllene (TC) is effectively able to facilitate recovery among ischemic brain injury patients, according to a recent study published in The American Journal of Pathology. TC is derived from the essential oils of the Cannabis sativa plant, but its structure is very different to other classical cannabinoids - it is not associated with any psychoactive side effects...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Fish Oil Component Reduces Brain Damage In Newborns
Research conducted by a team of scientists from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Dr. Nicolas Bazan, Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, found the novel use of a component of fish oil reduced brain trauma in newborn mice. The study reports that neonatal brain damage decreased by about 50% when a triglyceride lipid emulsion containing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) was injected within two hours of the onset of ischemic stroke...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
In Mouse Model, Omega-3 Lipid Emulsions Markedly Protect Brain After Stroke
Triglyceride lipid emulsions rich in an omega-3 fatty acid injected within a few hours of an ischemic stroke can decrease the amount of damaged brain tissue by 50 percent or more in mice, reports a new study by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center. The results suggest that the emulsions may be able to reduce some of the long-term neurological and behavioral problems seen in human survivors of neonatal stroke and possibly of adult stroke, as well. The findings were published in the journal PLoS One...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Antioxidants In Diet Do Not Reduce Stroke Or Dementia Risk
The level of antioxidants in our diet does not affect our risk of stroke or dementia, researchers from the Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA, and Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands, reported in the journal Neurology. Their findings contradict what other studies have shown. Elizabeth E. Devore, ScD, said: "These results are interesting because other studies have suggested that antioxidants may help protect against stroke and dementia...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Antioxidants Do Not Reduce Stroke Or Dementia Risk
We all thought that if we ate heaps of foods rich in antioxidants, our risk of developing serious diseases would be reduced. It appears that this is not the case for stroke and dementia, researchers from the Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA, and Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands, reported in the journal Neurology. Their findings contradict what other studies have shown. Elizabeth E. Devore, ScD, said: "These results are interesting because other studies have suggested that antioxidants may help protect against stroke and dementia...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Coronary Heart Disease And History Of Stroke A Fatal Combination
The cardiology service team at the Hopital Bichat and the Mixed INSERM Unit 698 (AP-HP, Universite Paris Diderot), in collaboration with international teams of researchers, studied a cohort of patients suffering from coronary disease. The study showed that those patients with a history of stroke or transient ischæmic attack (TIA) are not only at higher risk of cardio-vascular episodes but also of haemorrhagic events, stressing the therapeutic challenge involved in treating such patients. The research is published online in Circulation...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
St. Jude Medical Initiates Landmark Study Of Renal Denervation For Reduction Of Heart Attack, Stroke And Death
EnligHTNment trial will evaluate whether patients with hypertension that are treated with renal denervation and medication experience additional benefits beyond a reduction in blood pressure St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced plans for a new landmark study that will evaluate whether renal denervation and medication can provide health benefits to patients beyond lowering high blood pressure...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
Clues To Risk Of Memory Problems After Menopause May Be Found In The Blood
New Mayo Clinic research suggests that blood may hold clues to whether post-menopausal women may be at an increased risk for areas of brain damage that can lead to memory problems and possibly increased risk of stroke. The study shows that blood's tendency to clot may contribute to areas of brain damage called white matter hyperintensities. The findings are published in the online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study involved 95 women with an average age of 53 who recently went through menopause...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Vascular Brain Injury Greater Risk Factor Than Amyloid Plaques In Cognitive Aging
Vascular brain injury from conditions such as high blood pressure and stroke are greater risk factors for cognitive impairment among non-demented older people than is the deposition of the amyloid plaques in the brain that long have been implicated in conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, a study by researchers at the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at UC Davis has found...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Simulations Show How Blood Vessels Regroup After Stroke
By thinking of cells as programmable robots, researchers at Rice University hope to someday direct how they grow into the tiny blood vessels that feed the brain and help people regain functions lost to stroke and disease. Rice bioengineer Amina Qutub and her colleagues simulate patterns of microvasculature cell growth and compare the results with real networks grown in their lab. Eventually, they want to develop the ability to control the way these networks develop. The results of a long study are the focus of a new paper in the Journal of Theoretical Biology...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
