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New target for post-stroke depression
MiRNAs likely play an important role in the occurrence and development of depression, and can be used as potential targets for treatment of depression. Studies have shown that miR-137 expression is downregulated in the brain from depression patients with suicidal behavior. Moreover, miR-137 expression is also downregulated in peripheral blood from stroke patients. However, it is not yet known if miRNAs are associated with post-stroke depression. To test this, Dr...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
In low-income urban neighborhoods the rates of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and stroke are much higher
There is more to the cost of living in a food desert than higher prices for the few fruits and vegetables sold nearby, according to a study by an Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis researcher and the Marion County Public Health Department. The study, discussed during the American Public Health Association's annual meeting in Boston, examined the health impact of developing a grocery store in a low-income urban neighborhood on the east side of Indianapolis...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Management of hemiplegic shoulder pain post stroke
The incidence of shoulder pain post stroke was high. Thus, it is clinically significant to study the onset characteristics and pain management. Yi Zhu and colleagues from Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China retrospectively investigated the characteristics of hemiplegic shoulder pain post stroke in patients from Nanjing, China, and discussed risk factors for hemiplegic shoulder pain post stroke and curative effects of different pain management treatment methods...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Improved sex drive after bariatric surgery
The health risks of obesity are well known, with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, stroke and certain cancers. But what is not so well known is how it affects women's sex drive and satisfaction, something researchers from the University of Pennsylvania set out to explore. In a study, published in JAMA Surgery this month, Prof. David B. Sarwer, of the University's Perelman School of Medicine, and colleagues conducted a study with women who underwent bariatric surgery...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
The next step in stroke prevention: addressing both blood clotting and protection of the blood vessels
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. One factor coming under increased study is cerebral microbleeds, experienced by nearly 20 percent of people by age 60 and nearly 40 percent by age 80...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Medtronic CoreValve U.S. Pivotal Trial results reveal positive outcomes for patients
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) has announced the highly anticipated results from the CoreValve U.S. Pivotal Trial, the first U.S. data presented on the Medtronic CoreValve® System. The study of the novel self-expanding device, presented at a late-breaking clinical trial session of the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2013 Conference, met its primary endpoint in patients who were considered too ill or frail to have their aortic valves replaced through traditional open-heart surgery, with a rate of death or major stroke at one year of 25.5 percent...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
Shorter-term dual antiplatelet therapy after receiving drug-releasing stent does not worsen outcomes
Short-term (3 months) vs. long-term (12 months) dual antiÂplatelet therapy did not result in poorer outcomes on certain measures (death, heart attack, stroke, and bleeding) for patients with coronary artery disease or low-risk acute coronary syndromes (such as heart attack or unstable angina) treated with drug (zotarolimus)-releasing stents, according to a study published by JAMA. The study is being published early online to coincide with its presentation at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics 25th annual meeting...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
Cell-based treatment for stroke moves a step closer
Brain infarction or stroke is caused by a blood clot blocking a blood vessel in the brain, which leads to interruption of blood flow and shortage of oxygen. Now a reserach group at Lund University, Sweden, has taken an important step towards a treatment for stroke using stem cells. The research group shows in a new study, published in the scientific journal Brain, that so-called induced pluripotent stem cells have developed to mature nerve cells at two months after transplantation into the stroke-injured cerebral cortex of rats...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Brain damage reduced, brain hemorrhaging eliminated in rodents afflicted by stroke
An experimental drug called 3K3A-APC appears to reduce brain damage, eliminate brain hemorrhaging and improve motor skills in older stroke-afflicted mice and stroke-afflicted rats with comorbid conditions such as hypertension, according to a new study from Keck Medicine of USC. The study, which appears online in the journal Stroke, provides additional evidence that 3K3A-APC may be used as a therapy for stroke in humans, either alone or in combination with the FDA-approved clot-busting drug therapy tPA (tissue plasminogen activator)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Effectiveness of clot-buster enhanced by ultrasound device in stroke patients
A study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) showed that a hands-free ultrasound device combined with a clot-busting drug was safe for ischemic stroke patients. The results of the phase II pilot study were reported in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. Lead author is Andrew D. Barreto, M.D., assistant professor of neurology in the Stroke Program at the UTHealth Medical School. Principal investigator is James C. Grotta, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Neurology at the UTHealth Medical School, the Roy M...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Increasing numbers of younger people suffering strokes
Although stroke is traditionally associated with older people, a major new study published in The Lancet this month reveals that it is increasingly affecting middle-aged and young people around the world. The study, the Global and Regional Burden of Stroke in 1990-2000, collated data from around the world to calculate both regional and country-specific estimates of stroke. They included 119 studies in the research - 58 from high-income countries and 61 from middle-income and low-income countries. The team of researchers, led by Prof...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Protecting the brain starts at the synapse
New research by scientists at UC San Francisco shows that one of the brain's fundamental self-protection mechanisms depends on coordinated, finely calibrated teamwork among neurons and non-neural cells known as glial cells, which until fairly recently were thought to be mere support cells for neurons. The study, which has implications for understanding neurodegenerative diseases, stroke, and other nervous system disorders, adds to a growing body of evidence that glial cells are integral to brain function...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Carotid artery stenting appears associated with increased stroke in elderly
Carotid artery stenting (CAS) was associated with an increased risk of stroke in elderly patients but the mortality risk appeared to be the same as for nonelderly patients, according to a review of the medical literature published Online First by JAMA Surgery, a JAMA Network publication. There is debate about the most appropriate treatment for carotid artery atherosclerosis and about the safety of CAS (using a stent to expand the carotid artery) and CEA (carotid endarterectomy, a procedure to remove plaque from the artery) in elderly patients, according to the study background...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Source Type: news
Excessive alcohol consumption increases the progression of atherosclerosis and the risk of stroke
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. Hangovers increased the risk of stroke independent of the total amount of alcohol consumed. Hypertension and overweight, in the presence of alcohol consumption, further increased the risk of stroke...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news
Risk of future stroke increased by hypertension during pregnancy
High blood pressure during pregnancy could dramatically raise a woman's lifetime risk of stroke, according to a study presented at the Canadian Stroke Congress. "We've found that women who had high blood pressure during pregnancy could be at higher risk of stroke, particularly if they had pre-eclampsia, which is a more severe form of high blood pressure," says Dr. Aravind Ganesh, a neurology resident at the University of Calgary. "The elevated risk of stroke could be as high as 40 per cent." Dr. Ganesh, along with Neha Sarna (medical student), Dr...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hypertension Source Type: news
