Stroke News

Posted March 11, 2010:

• Novel Stroke Treatment Passes Safety Stage of Clinical Trial
• Warfarin Users Appear More Likely to Develop Brain Bleeding Following Stroke Treatment

Posted March 9, 2010:

• Preventing or Reversing Inflammation After Heart Attack, Stroke May Require Two-Pronged Approach

Posted March 8, 2010:

• Ocular Shingles Linked to Increased Risk of Stroke

Posted March 7, 2010:

• Can Blood-Pressure Cuffs Work? Novel Ways to Limit Stroke Damage

Posted March 6, 2010:

• Deficits in Brain's 'Executive' Skills Common With TIA, Minor Stroke

Posted March 2, 2010:

• Women Need Clot-Busting Therapy After Stroke

Posted March 1, 2010:

• Stroke Incidence Rising Among Younger Adults, Decreasing Among Elderly

Posted February 26, 2010:

• Vitamin B3 Shows Early Promise in Treatment of Stroke
• Wii Video Games May Help Stroke Patients Improve Motor Function
• Blacks Less Likely to Know They Have Heart Condition or to Use Treatment for It, Study Suggests

Posted February 25, 2010:

• Intracranial Stenting, Injecting Clot-Busting Drugs Directly to Brain
• Children Can Have Recurrent Strokes
• Single Men, Unhappily Married Men May Have Higher Risk of Fatal Stroke
• Potential Rehabilitation Following 'Mini Stroke'
• Clot-Busting Drugs Effective in Patients With Unwitnessed Strokes
• Total Fat, Trans Fat Linked to Higher Incidence of Ischemic Stroke

Posted February 23, 2010:

• Secondary Stroke Prevention Needs Improvement

Posted February 22, 2010:

• Evidence-Based Care and Outcomes Improve at Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Hospitals

Posted February 18, 2010:

• Chronic Migraine Sufferers Sicker, Poorer and More Depressed Than Episodic Migraine Sufferers

Posted February 13, 2010:

• Low Levels of Natural Antibodies Behind Stroke

Posted February 12, 2010:

• Can Chocolate Lower Your Risk of Stroke?

Posted February 4, 2010:

• Recent Immigrants May Have Lower Risk of Early Stroke
• Severe Complications of Diabetes Higher in Depressed Patients

Posted February 2, 2010:

• Antidepressant May Result in Improved Cognitive Function After Stroke
• Memory Failing? You May Be at Higher Risk for Stroke

Posted February 1, 2010:

• How Blood Flow Force Protects Blood Vessels

Posted January 31, 2010:

• New Class of Brain-Protecting Drugs Emerging

Posted January 28, 2010:

• Degree of Obesity Raises Risk of Stroke, Regardless of Gender, Race
• 'Silent Strokes' Linked to Kidney Failure in Diabetics

Posted January 25, 2010:

• Stroke's 'Death Signal' Can Be Blocked; Discovery May Aid Drug Development

Posted January 15, 2010:

• Studies Demonstrate Link Among Alzheimer's Disease, Down Syndrome and Atherosclerosis

Posted January 13, 2010:

• Sudden Death in Cocaine Abusers: Study Reveals Role Played by Illegal Drug
• New Stroke Therapy Successful in Rats: Protein Completely Restores Motor Function

Posted January 8, 2010:

• Observation About How Nervous System Learns and Encodes Motion Could Improve Stroke Recovery

Posted January 4, 2010:

• Increased Risk of Death, Stroke in Postmenopausal Women Taking Antidepressants, Study Finds

Posted December 30, 2009:

• Couples Say Relationships Damaged By Stroke

Posted December 23, 2009:

• New Web Tool May Help Predict Risk of Second Stroke

Posted December 6, 2009:

• Americans Born in the South May Have a Higher Risk of Dying from Stroke as Adults

Posted December 4, 2009:

• Glial Cells Can Cross from the Central to the Peripheral Nervous System

Posted December 1, 2009:

• Stroke and Heart Disease Trigger Revealed
• Muscle 'Synergies' May Be Key to Stroke Treatment
• Preventing Repeat Strokes: Are Survivors Taking Their Medicine?

Posted November 30, 2009:

• High Salt Intake Directly Linked to Stroke and Cardiovascular Disease

Posted November 29, 2009:

• Forming New Brain Cells: Key Regulatory Peptide Discovered

Posted November 26, 2009:

• Moderate-to-Heavy Exercise May Reduce Risk of Stroke for Men

Posted November 23, 2009:

• New Understanding About Mechanism for Cell Death After Stroke Leads to Possible Therapy

Posted November 19, 2009:

• Pushing the Brain to Find New Pathways

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