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At family gatherings this Christmas get to the heart of your medical history
Doctors are encouraging people to take advantage of Christmas gatherings with relatives to discuss family medical histories to help tackle ill-health.The call from clinical academics follows a study which shows that individuals with a family history of premature heart disease - heart attacks or stroke in a first degree relative before the age of 60 years - continue to have a higher risk of dying despite earlier referral to GPs, lifestyle changes and drug treatments.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
New high blood pressure guidelines released by committee
Members appointed to the Eighth Joint National Committee have released new guidelines for managing high blood pressure, including nine recommendations and a flow chart to help doctors treat patients with hypertension.Published online in JAMA, the guidelines address three major questions related to hypertension - the most common primary care condition, which can lead to heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and death.In a linked editorial to the guidelines, Dr.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hypertension Source Type: news
After placing carotid stent, surgeons suggest skipping the balloon
Johns Hopkins surgeons say skipping one commonly taken step during a routine procedure to insert a wire mesh stent into a partially blocked carotid artery appears to prevent patients from developing dangerously low blood pressure, an extremely slow heart rate or even a stroke or heart attack.Reporting on results of a small study described online in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, the surgeons say inflating a balloon inside the artery after placing the stent greatly increases patients' risk of serious complications.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
'No serious heart risks' linked to smoking cessation therapies
The American Heart Association claims that three different types of smoking cessation therapies do not pose serious heart risks, quashing concerns that certain products may increase the risks of heart attack, stroke or heart-related death.Researchers looked at the results of 63 clinical trials involving 30, 508 people who were quitting smoking using either nicotine replacement gums and patches, the nicotine addiction treatment varenicline (Chantix), or taking the antidepressant bupropion (Wellbutrin), which can reduce cravings and other unwanted withdrawal effects.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Smoking / Quit Smoking Source Type: news
Optimal parameter of Neiguan acupuncture for cerebral infarction
The individual difference and non-repeatability in acupuncture have not only restricted the development of acupuncture, but have also affected the specificity of acupoints. As reported in a recent study published in Neural Regeneration Research (Vol. 8, No. 28, 2013), acupuncture at Neiguan (PC6) was performed using a custom lifting- and thrusting-controlled machine. A frequency of 1, 2, or 3 Hz and duration of 5, 60, or 180 seconds were used to observe cerebral blood flow and ratio of infarct volume recovery.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Scientists film early concussion damage and describe brain's response to injury
There is more than meets the eye following even a mild traumatic brain injury. While the brain may appear to be intact, new findings reported in Nature suggest that the brain's protective coverings may feel the brunt of the impact.Using a newly developed mouse trauma model, senior author Dorian McGavern, Ph.D., scientist at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health, watched specific cells mount an immune response to the injury and try to prevent more widespread damage.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Improved prevention, treatment leads to decline in U.S stroke deaths
Stroke deaths in the United States have declined dramatically in recent decades due to improved treatment and prevention, according to a scientific statement published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke.The American Stroke Association commissioned this paper to discuss the reasons that stroke dropped from the third to fourth leading cause of death."The decline in stroke deaths is one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th and 21st centuries," said Daniel T. Lackland, Dr. P.H.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
One-third of patients who receive stents and have evidence of arterial dysfunction at high risk for major cardiovascular events, study finds
Data from a new study indicate that the results of an FDA-approved test for endothelial (arterial) function significantly correlated with near-future cardiovascular events, including revascularization, chest pain, heart attack, heart failure, stroke and even death in high-risk patients, of which the majority have had stents implanted. Early diagnosis of near-future cardiovascular events is critical for the physicians who manage these high-risk patients. The study was published in the December issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
Policy makers and advocates appeal for European governments to adopt a national focus on stroke prevention
Coinciding with the World Health Organization (WHO) European Ministerial Conference on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases in Turkmenistan, MEPs, patient and physician representatives are today (December 3rd) meeting at the European Parliament to highlight that urgent national action is required to prevent stroke. "Stroke is a growing burden on our healthcare services but more importantly has a devastating impact on survivors and their families," said MEP Nessa Childers.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Subarachnoid hemorrhage and cognitive dysfunction
Synaptosomal-associated protein-25 is an important factor for synaptic functions and cognition. Prof. Zhong Wang and team from the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, China verified that synaptosomal-associated protein-25 expression in the temporal lobe, hippocampus, and cerebellum significantly lower at days 1 and 3 following subarachnoid hemorrhage using immunohistochemical staining and western blot analysis.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Tighter transfusion strategy recommended to treat anemia in patients with heart disease
Red blood cell (RBC) transfusions should be restricted to those individuals with severe anemia in patients with heart disease, the American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends in a new clinical practice guideline published in Annals of Internal Medicine, ACP's flagship journal.ACP also recommends against using erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) in patients with mild to moderate anemia and congestive heart failure (CHF) or coronary artery disease (CHD) because the harms, including increased risks of thromboembolic events and stroke rates, outweigh the benefits.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Blood / Hematology Source Type: news
Motor skills improved after stroke by novel rehabilitation device
Using a novel stroke rehabilitation device that converts an individual's thoughts to electrical impulses to move upper extremities, stroke patients reported improvements in their motor function and ability to perform activities of daily living. Results of the study were presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)."Each year, nearly 800,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke in the United States, and 50 percent of those have some degree of upper extremity disability," said Vivek Prabhakaran, M.D., Ph.D.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Five new avenues for stroke rehabilitation research explored
Treatments based on behavioral or non-invasive physiological stimulation show greatest potentialBecause the concept of permanent neurological injury has given way to recognition of the brain's potential for long-term regeneration and reorganization, rehabilitation strategies are undergoing radical changes. The potential for five new translational interventions was examined in an article published ahead of print by Neurology Clinical Practice. Medical resources are limited, so it is important to focus on areas of greatest potential, according to Dr.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Poor limb motor function recovery following stroke
Negative motor evoked potentials after cerebral infarction, indicative of poor recovery of limb motor function, tend to be accompanied by changes in fractional anisotropy values and the cerebral peduncle area on the affected side, but the characteristics of these changes have not been reported. As reported previously, the lower limit value of fractional anisotropy of the cerebral peduncle in healthy volunteers is 0.36, and the lower limit of the asymmetry of the cerebral peduncle area is 0.83.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Treating cerebral ischemia using dl-3n-butylphthalide
Dl-3n-butylphthalide can effectively treat cerebral ischemia; however, the mechanisms underlying the effects of dl-3n-butylphthalide on microcirculation disorders following diffuse brain injury remain unclear. According to a study by Prof. Jianmin Li and team from Hebei United University of China, models of diffuse brain injury were established in Sprague-Dawley rats with the vertical impact method, and dl-3n-butylphthalide at 80 and 160 mg/kg was given via intraperitoneal injection immediately after diffuse brain injury.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
