Stroke
« Previous EntriesPlavix and Aspirin Are Not Good For Stroke Prevention
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012A recent study has revealed that combining Plavix, a drug with the generic name clopidogrel, with aspirin is not effective in preventing recurrent brain strokes.
Forget dreams now stroke may haunt your sleep: Study
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011A recent study by the American Academy of Neurology reveals that 14% of strokes happen when people are asleep thereby reducing their chances of reaching hospitals in time for treatment. Immediate medical attention is critical for the survival of a patient experiencing a stroke and ideally treatment should be started within a few hours of the [...]
Mini-Strokes – The warning bells for a heart attack
Monday, April 18th, 2011Do not neglect a transient-ischemic attack (TIA) or “mini-stroke” as it has the power to double the chances of developing a heart attack. This startling revelation was published in the medical journal called Stroke following a research conducted by a team from Mayo Clinic.
A TIA may not be lasting more than a few minutes [...]
Triglycerides best lipid risk marker for ischemic stroke
Thursday, February 24th, 2011Source: MedWire News
Nonfasting triglyceride levels are strongly associated with risk for ischemic stroke, whereas total cholesterol levels are not, shows an analysis of the Copenhagen City Heart Study.
Marianne Benn (Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark) and colleagues say this is most likely because high triglyceride levels reflect elevated lipoprotein remnant cholesterol, and thus a particularly atherogenic lipid [...]
Cerebrovascular disease highly prevalent in Type 2 diabetics
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010Source: MedWire News
Atherosclerotic plaques are present in the vast majority of patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus, a state-of-the-art imaging study has found.
The study, which used dual-source computed tomography angiography (DSCTA), also reveals that plaque in these patients is typically noncalcified, nonobstructive, and distributed extensively throughout the carotid and cerebrovascular vasculature.
Zhi-gang Yang (West China Hospital [...]
Kidney dysfunction link to stroke bolstered
Monday, October 4th, 2010Source: MedWire News
People with reduced kidney function have an increased risk for stroke, meta-analysis results confirm.
The meta-analysis includes 21 prospective studies, comprising 284?,672 participants who suffered 7863 strokes during a follow-up period of 3.2-15.0 years.
As all studies were observational, Bruce Ovbiagele (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) and colleagues stress that their findings do not [...]
Cilostazol ‘might be superior’ to aspirin for secondary stroke prevention
Monday, September 20th, 2010Source: MedWire News
Cilostazol is noninferior to aspirin for recurrent stroke prevention and is associated with less bleeding risk, say the CSPS 2 investigators.
CSPS 2 (Cilostazol Stroke Prevention Study 2) enrolled patients who had suffered ischemic stroke within the preceding 26 weeks. The analysis, reported in The Lancet Neurology, includes 1337 patients who were randomly assigned to [...]
Long-term quality of life hit by ischemic stroke
Sunday, July 11th, 2010Patients’ quality of life may continue to decline for at least 5 years after a stroke, show findings from the Northern Manhattan Study.
But the impact of stroke on quality of life is determined by patients’ health insurance status, report Mandip Dhamoon (Columbia University, New York, USA) and colleagues in the journal Neurology.
The study included 525 participants, [...]
10 risk factors explain 90% of strokes worldwide
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010Source: MedWire News
The INTERSTROKE study has identified 10 risk factors that account for 90% of the risk for stroke worldwide.
The risk factors were similar to the nine identified for myocardial infarction (MI) in the INTERHEART study, and most were modifiable.
“Targeted interventions that reduce blood pressure and smoking, and promote physical activity and a healthy diet, [...]
Hormone Replacement Therapy Patches May Be Safer Than Tablets
Friday, June 4th, 2010The UK’s Daily Mail (6/4, Hope) reports that “HRT patches may be safer than tablets, say researchers” in the British Medical Journal.
The UK’s Press Association (6/4) reports that researchers found that “patches containing a low dose of the hormones oestrogen or progesterone, or both, carry less risk of stroke than [...]
