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Fighting brain damage from stroke using substance naturally found in humans
A molecular substance that occurs naturally in humans and rats was found to "substantially reduce" brain damage after an acute stroke and contribute to a better recovery, according to a newly released animal study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.The study, published online before print in Stroke, the journal of the American Heart Association, was the first ever to show that the peptide AcSDKP provides neurological protection when administered one to four hours after the onset of an ischemic stroke.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Each 15-minute delay steals 1 month of healthy life for stroke sufferers
When it comes to getting treatment for stroke, every minute counts. This is the conclusion of a study published in the American Heart Association's journal Stroke, which shows that for every minute treatment is accelerated, the patient gains another 1.8 days of healthy life.Stroke is the number four cause of death in the US. A disease affecting the arteries leading to the brain, it occurs when a blood vessel carrying oxygen and nutrients to the brain is blocked by a clot or bursts.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Saving brain cells after stroke by halting immune response
A new study in animals shows that using a compound to block the body's immune response greatly reduces disability after a stroke.The study by scientists from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health also showed that particular immune cells - CD4+ T-cells produce a mediator, called interleukin (IL) -21 that can cause further damage in stroke tissue. Moreover, normal mice, ordinarily killed or disabled by an ischemic stroke, were given a shot of a compound that blocks the action of IL-21.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 18, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
U.S. women unfamiliar with most stroke warning signs
Many U.S. women don't know most of the warning signs of a stroke, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism 2014 Scientific Sessions.The study is also published in the American Heart Association journal, Stroke.In a phone survey of 1,205 U.S. women:More than half (51 percent) of the women identified sudden weakness or numbness on one side of the face, arms or legs as a warning sign of a stroke.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 20, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Medical News Today: The 10 best stroke blogs
Stroke blogs provide useful information from organizations and individuals who have experienced a stroke. Here are our top 10 stroke blog choices.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Medical News Today: What does a stroke feel like? During, after, and ministrokes
Many people know the classic signs of a stroke, such as facial drooping, trouble balancing, and difficulty speaking. But what does having a stroke feel like? Is it painful? What are the long-term effects? What are the symptoms of a ministroke? Also, learn what to do if you or someone nearby may be having a stroke.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Research Offers New Targets For Stroke Treatments
New research from the University of Georgia identifies the mechanisms responsible for regenerating blood vessels in the brain. Looking for ways to improve outcomes for stroke patients, researchers led by the UGA College of Pharmacy assistant dean for clinical programs Susan Fagan used candesartan, a commonly prescribed medication for lowering blood pressure, to identify specific growth factors in the brain responsible for recovery after a stroke. The results were published online Dec. 4 in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Groundbreaking Guidelines On Patient-Centered Measures For Nonsurgical Stroke Interventions
The first outcome-based guidelines for interventional treatment of acute ischemic stroke - providing recommendations for rapid treatment - will benefit individuals suffering from brain attacks, often caused by artery-blocking blood clots. Representatives from the Society of Interventional Radiology and seven other medical societies created a multispecialty and international consensus on the metrics and benchmarks for processes of care and technical and clinical outcomes for stroke patients...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 31, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Study Findings Suggest Physical And Pharmacological Solutions For Human Stroke Victims
Johns Hopkins researchers have found that mice can recover from physically debilitating strokes that damage the primary motor cortex, the region of the brain that controls most movement in the body, if the rodents are quickly subjected to physical conditioning that rapidly "rewires" a different part of the brain to take over lost function. Their research, featuring precise, intense and early treatment, and tantalizing clues to the role of a specific brain area in stroke recovery, is described online in the journal Stroke...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Life Support Withdrawal Following Stroke
More than a third of patients who suffer a major bleeding in the brain and have their life support withdrawn might have eventually regained an acceptable level of functioning if life support had been sustained, suggests a new study presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2013. In the United States, 10 percent of the estimated 795,000 strokes each year are intracerebral hemorrhages (ICH)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Prompt Identification And Therapies Can Improve Outcomes In Perioperative Stroke
Strokes that occur during or shortly after surgery can be devastating, resulting in longer hospital stays and increased risks of death or long-term disability. But prompt identification and treatment of such strokes can improve neurologic outcomes, according to an article in the journal Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics by Loyola University Medical Center stroke specialists Sarkis Morales-Vidal, MD and Michael Schneck, MD. The article answers commonly asked questions about the management of perioperative stroke...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke 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
The Brain's Innate Ability To Protect Itself From Stroke Damage
The origin of an innate ability the brain has to protect itself from damage that occurs in stroke has been explained for the first time. The Oxford University researchers hope that harnessing this inbuilt biological mechanism, identified in rats, could help in treating stroke and preventing other neurodegenerative diseases in the future...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
In Elderly Treated With Antipsychotics, Stroke Risk Newly Linked To Specific Drug Actions
Antipsychotic administration in the elderly is associated with an increased risk for cerebrovascular accident, more commonly known as stroke; a new study published in Biological Psychiatry provides additional insight into this important relationship. Antipsychotics are prescribed to elderly patients to treat symptoms such as agitation, psychosis, anxiety, insomnia, and depression. The increased risk of stroke associated with these medications was identified approximately a decade ago and has since been replicated by subsequent studies...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Rate Of Brain Hemorrhage In Stroke Patients Given TPA Isn't Meaningfully Higher
Millions of Americans take aspirin or other drugs every day to reduce their risk of heart attacks or other problems caused by blood clots. But when one of them suffers a stroke caused by a clot in their brain, some emergency teams might hesitate to give a powerful clot-busting medication called tPA -- for fear that the combination of drugs might cause dangerous brain bleeding. Now, a University of Michigan Stroke Program study suggests this fear may be unfounded, at least for most patients taking common clot-preventing therapies...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
