Approximately 1.5 million heart attacks and strokes occur every year in men and women in the US. Sex and age play a large part in who experiences a heart attack, the methods used to treat these heart attacks, and the eventual post hospital outcomes...
A team of researchers has identified a common genetic variant as a risk factor for stroke, especially in patients older than 65.
Related topics: Medical Research, Genetics
(MedPage Today) -- Two small trials added to the evidence that some stroke patients could fare well going straight to mechanical thrombectomy without IV thrombolysis, though the studies were confined to Asian populations and non-inferiority was...
The veteran rapper, who rose to notoriety in the early 2000s alongside Eminem, initially notified his fans via Instagram and asked for prayers.
Related topics: Instagram
December is typically busy in the ICU. Flu and respiratory viral pneumonia cases start trickling into the ICU, interspersed with cardiac arrests, strokes, pulmonary emboli, septic shock, and COPD exacerbations. The ICU census starts creeping up....
Related topics: Influenza Vaccine, Vaccines, Flu, Influenza (Flu), Pneumonia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Census
High levels of physical activity during middle age are associated with greater white matter integrity and fewer lacunar strokes in later life, an analysis of ARIC study data suggests. Medscape Medical News
Related topics: Medical Research
Location and length of thrombus can identify those at highest risk for early neurologic deterioration, flagging those who may be the best candidates for thrombectomy. Medscape Medical News
THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 -- Evidence suggests a causal link between smoking and the risk for subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), according to a study published online Jan. 14 in Stroke.
Julián N. Acosta, M.D., from the Yale School of Medicine in...
Related topics: Smoking, Medical Research
THURSDAY, Jan. 14, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Kayla Scritchfield had a normal pregnancy and delivered her second daughter, Ava, thinking all was well. About six hours later, Ava looked purple. Medical personnel whisked away the...
This winter the novel coronavirus may kill more people than heart disease, cancer, stroke, Alzheimer’s or diabetes
-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Related topics: Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, Oncology, Alzheimer's Disease, Diabetes
Stroke survivors who had ceased to benefit from conventional rehabilitation gained clinically significant arm movement and control by using an external robotic device powered by the patients' own brains.
Related topics: Robots
(MedPage Today) -- Case raises questions of when to start anticoagulation therapy
For patients with strokes and traumatic injuries to the brain, a timely diagnosis is one of the most important factors associated with a good recovery. Current practices require a CT or MRI before beginning treatment, but a newly funded project from...
UPDATE: This article previously said the officer died from “injuries.”
A source has told TGP that he had a “medical emergency” (possibly a stroke) while on duty during the protest and is STILL ALIVE. It is not clear if...
Related topics: Police, Protests
In a large-scale study of electronic health records investigators determined the prevalence of functional seizures and characterized comorbidities associated with them. Functional seizures are sudden attacks or spasms that look like epileptic...
Related topics: Medical Research, Epilepsy
A spokesperson for US-based pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer, which developed its COVID-19 vaccine alongside German firm BioNTech, said that "serious adverse events, including deaths that are unrelated to the vaccine, are unfortunately likely to...
Related topics: Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Vaccines, Pfizer
THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- People who have strokes or mini-strokes often experience a wide range of sleep disorders in the months that follow, a problem that can put them at increased risk for subsequent strokes,...
In late March, Prince Charles was one of the earliest internationally famous names to be diagnosed with covid-19. He was at high risk by virtue of his age—71 at the time—and the situation had the makings of a terribly ironic stroke of fate. Here...
(MedPage Today) -- A certain number of heart attacks, strokes, and other unrelated incidents soon after vaccination are to be expected statistically, but how can those anecdotes avoid becoming anti-vaccine fodder? (STAT)
Maintaining oral...
Related topics: Vaccines
TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 -- A shortage of neurologists in rural parts of the United States means that people in those areas are less likely to receive specialized care for conditions such as stroke, dementia and back pain, a new study...
Related topics: Dementia, Medical Research