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Stroke Risk Doubled in Myopathy (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Both ischemic and hemorrhagic events increased
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - July 18, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Women ' s Brain Hemorrhage Risk Lower With Increasing BMI (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- But ischemic stroke risk higher
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - September 8, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Make the Diagnosis: Written in Code
(MedPage Today) -- Case Findings: A 74-year-old man presents with this attempt at handwriting. He had sustained a traumatic brain injury followed by an extensive hemorrhagic stroke. What is your diagnosis?
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - March 28, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Stroke Rounds: Passing Out from Brain Bleed Is a Bad Sign (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Losing consciousness in subarachnoid hemorrhage predicts poor outcome
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - November 11, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Poor BP Control Tied to Recurrent Hemorrhagic Stroke (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Association strengthens with worsening blood pressure
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - September 1, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Stroke Rounds: Stroke Center Tx Ups Brain Bleed Survival (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Greatest drop in mortality was for subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - May 7, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Mediterranean Diet Fights Stroke Risk?
(MedPage Today) -- The low-meat, high-fiber diet linked to lower ischemic, not hemorrhagic, stroke risk.
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - February 13, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Stroke Rounds: Costs From Brain Bleeds Escalate With Time
(MedPage Today) -- A decade out, hemorrhagic stroke survivors incur rising expenses.
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 23, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Stroke Rounds: GH Therapy Tied to Later Stroke Risk (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Children treated with growth hormone for short stature or isolated growth hormone deficiency had an increased risk for hemorrhagic stroke in adulthood, researchers reported.
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 14, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Stroke Rounds: SSRIs May Worsen Hemorrhagic Strokes
(MedPage Today) -- The use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors before a stroke may worsen the event for some patients, a Danish study showed.
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - June 5, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

More Brain Bleeds With Stroke Drug in 'Real World?
BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- In a real-world practice setting, the use of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA, Alteplase) results in a higher rate of intracerebral hemorrhage than was seen in well-controlled clinical trials, researchers said here.
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - May 28, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Humans Beat Stroke Scales for ICH Prognosis
PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- Physicians and nurses in stroke units more accurately predicted outcomes in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) compared with common prognostic scales, a researcher reported here.
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - May 2, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Cardio Notes: ICD Codes Don't Capture All Strokes
(MedPage Today) -- An uncommon type of stroke -- hemorrhage following a clot -- needs its own ICD-9 code, researchers said. Also this week, the search for reversal agents for factor Xa oral anticoagulants continues with interesting results for one of them.
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - July 8, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Seizures Common in Pediatric Stroke (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Almost half of children with hemorrhagic stroke had seizures at presentation or within a week of onset, but two-thirds had no further seizures 2 years later, a prospective study showed.
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - February 7, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Cocaine-Induced Stroke Often Deadly (CME/CE)
HONOLULU (MedPage Today) -- Among patients with an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, recent cocaine use was associated with a greater chance of dying in the hospital, researchers found.
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - February 7, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news