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Using Stent-Retrieving Device Can Significantly Help Patients Recover From Stroke
Dec 22, 2014Scientists have discovered that using a stent-retrieving device to remove blood clots from the brain can significantly help patients recover from stroke. According to The New York Times, the technology may be a game changer for patients ...
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Increased Risk of Having a Stroke or Other Blood-Clotting Problem Might Continue Longer
Feb 28, 2014THURSDAY Feb. 13, 2014, 2014 -- The increased risk of having a stroke or other blood-clotting problem might continue longer after a woman gives birth than previously believed, according to a new study. "Historically, six weeks was the ...
Tags: Stroke Risk, the risk of blood clots, venous thromboembolisms
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Children Can Have Strokes and Be Prepared to Respond to Symptoms
Feb 26, 2014Parents and healthcare professionals must be aware that children can have strokes and be prepared to respond to symptoms, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2014. As in ...
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Intravenous Magnesium Cannot to Improve Stroke-Related Disability 3 Months Later
Feb 26, 2014Giving intravenous magnesium to stroke patients soon after the start of symptoms, in an attempt to protect brain cells deprived of oxygen, failed to improve stroke-related disability 3 months later, according to research presented at the ...
Tags: Intravenous Magnesium, Stroke-Related Disability, Stroke Therapy
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Common Infections Are Associated with a Significantly Higher Chance
Feb 12, 2014Common infections are associated with a significantly higher chance of stroke in children, but routine vaccinations may help decrease risk, according to preliminary research (abstract 39) presented at the American Stroke Association's ...
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New York Has Revised Its Request for a $10 Billion Medicaid Adjustment
Feb 8, 2014A selection of health policy stories from New York, Washington state, California, Virginia, Idaho, Connecticut and Georgia. The Associated Press/Wall Street Journal: Feds Urge More Talks On N.Y. Medicaid Application New York has ...
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Here Are Some of The Latest Health and Medical News Developments
Jan 14, 2014Health Highlights: Jan. 13, 2014 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Nine Womb Transplant Patients Doing Well: Swedish Researchers Nine women who received ...
Tags: Health Highlights, Health
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It's Also Important to Do Proper Exercise Not to Overly
Jan 13, 2014Lawrence Schmelz spent a lot of time in the gym keeping his body fit -- up to two hours a day, every day, at age 50. But that changed one morning six years ago when the Rockville, Md., resident woke up with the irregular heartbeat known ...
Tags: atrial fibrillation, heart rhythm, Lawrence Schmelz, exercise
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Risk of Death From Hip or Knee-replacement Surgery Has Dropped Substantially
Jan 10, 2014The risk of death from hip- or knee-replacement surgery has dropped substantially in recent years, a large new study finds. Dutch researchers found that since the early 1990s, death rates have fallen by almost two-thirds among Danish ...
Tags: Death Rate, Knee Replacements
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Stroke Deaths Were Dropping for 100 Years and Have Declined 30 Percent in The Past 11 Year
Jan 2, 2014Stroke deaths in the United States have been dropping for more than 100 years and have declined 30 percent in the past 11 years, a new report reveals. Sometimes called a brain attack, stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability. ...
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Brain-Training Device May Help People Move Limbs After They've Been Paralyzed by a Stroke
Dec 27, 2013Scientists are testing a new thought-controlled device that may one day help people move limbs again after they've been paralyzed by a stroke. The device combines a high-tech brain-computer interface with electrical stimulation of the ...
Tags: thought-controlled device, stroke, move limbs again, paralysis
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Use of Drug Is Tied to a Temporary Spike in Risk of Stroke for Irregular Heartbeat People
Dec 25, 2013Many older Americans take the blood thinner warfarin to help guard against heart trouble. However, a new study suggests use of the drug is tied to a temporary spike in the risk of stroke for people with a common heart rhythm disorder. ...
Tags: blood thinner warfarin, heart trouble, heart rhythm disorder
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Women Bothered by Hot Flashes or Other Effects of Menopause Have Treatment Options
Dec 25, 2013Women bothered by hot flashes or other effects of menopause have a number of treatment options -- hormonal or not, according to updated guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. It's estimated that anywhere ...
Tags: hot flashes, menopause, women health
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U.S. Scientists Say They Have Developed a Urine Test for Hard-to-Detect Blood Clots
Nov 27, 2013U.S. scientists say they have developed a urine test for hard-to-detect blood clots, which can cause strokes and heart attacks. Lead author and doctoral candidate Kevin Lin, postdoctoral fellow Gabriel Kwong and Sangeeta N. Bhatia, all at ...
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FDA Halted The Selling of The 23andMe Saliva Collection Kit
Nov 27, 2013The U.S. Food and Drug Administration halted the selling of the 23andMe Saliva Collection Kit and Personal Genome Service -- a home DNA test. In a letter posted on its website, the FDA alleged 23andMe was being sold without clearance or ...
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