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New devices causing 'paradigm shift' in stroke care
New devices called stent retrievers, which effectively reverse strokes, are revolutionizing the treatment of certain stroke patients, report investigators.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 24, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Digital strategies show promise for emergency heart and stroke care
A new scientific statement reviews current research on the effectiveness and safety of using mobile devices, social media, visual media and crowdsourcing to improve emergency heart and stroke treatments.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 22, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Blacks with AFib at greater risk for adverse outcomes
Blacks with atrial fibrillation have nearly double the risk of stroke, heart failure, coronary heart disease and mortality from all causes than their white counterparts, new research shows.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 22, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

New imaging method may predict risk of post-treatment brain bleeding after stroke
In a study of stroke patients, investigators confirmed through MRI brain scans that there was an association between the extent of disruption to the brain's protective blood-brain barrier and the severity of bleeding following invasive stroke therapy. The results of the National Institutes of Health-funded study were published in Neurology.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 18, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Statin drugs reduce infection risk in stroke patients, report suggests
Statin drugs can dramatically lower the risk of infections in stroke patients, report researchers. Patients on statins upon admission to hospital, or early in their stay, had significantly lower risk for developing infections than those put on statins later in their hospitalization or not at all. These findings remained strong after being controlled for other possible influences like the severity of strokes, age and the presence of other conditions like diabetes.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 16, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Sleep disorders may predict heart events after angioplasty
People who have had procedures to open blocked heart arteries after acute coronary syndrome (ACS) may have a higher risk of death, heart failure, heart attack and stroke if they have sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea, compared to those who don't. The presence of sleep disorders in ACS patients is an important predictor of major cardiovascular events after angioplasty.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 16, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Blood pressure medications reduce stroke, heart attack in peritoneal dialysis patients
Two classes of blood pressure medications are associated with a 16 percent lower risk of cardiovascular events in patients who are undergoing peritoneal dialysis.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 14, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Migraine as a risk marker for stroke, heart attack
A team of researchers has now been able to establish the following: female migraine patients have a higher risk of stroke or heart attacks than women without migraine. Their findings are based on an analysis of data collected as part of the US-based Nurses' Health Study II.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 14, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Stroke damages blood-spinal cord barrier, researchers find
Researchers investigating the short and long-term effects of ischemic stroke in a rodent model have found that stroke can cause long-term damage to the blood-spinal cord barrier, which provides a specialized protective 'microenvironment' for neural cells in the spinal cord, creating a 'toxic environment' in the spinal cord that might leave stroke survivors susceptible to motor dysfunction and disease pathology.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 13, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

For the first time, air pollution emerges as a leading risk factor for stroke worldwide
Air pollution -- including environmental and household air pollution -- has emerged as a leading risk factor for stroke worldwide, associated with about a third of the global burden of stroke in 2013, according to a new study.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 10, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Being female increases stroke hospitalization risk by 23% in atrial fibrillation patients
A 15 year study in 1.1 million patients with atrial fibrillation has found that women are 23% more likely to be hospitalized for acute ischemic stroke than men.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 9, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Anabolic steroid abuse may increase risk of abnormal heart rhythm and stroke
Research has already shown that taking anabolic steroids is associated with high blood pressure and an increased risk of developing heart conditions such as left ventricular hypertrophy. Now research has shown that for some people misusing steroids can be particularly dangerous.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 6, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Prevention is key to closing racial disparity gap in stroke
Middle aged African-Americans are more likely to die of stroke than are whites, not because of differences in care after stroke, but because blacks are having more strokes. Researchers suggest greater prevention efforts aimed at younger African-Americans are needed to raise awareness of early stroke risk and contributing factors.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 2, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Female heart patients less likely to get blood thinning therapy
Female atrial fibrillation patients are less likely than their male counterparts to receive blood thinning therapies to prevent stroke, say researchers.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 31, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Implanted neuroprosthesis improves walking ability in stroke patient
A surgically implanted neuroprosthesis--programmed to stimulate coordinated activity of hip, knee, and ankle muscles -- has led to substantial improvement in walking speed and distance in a patient with limited mobility after a stroke, according to a single-patient study.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 31, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news