PediatricSuperSite.com February 9, 2012. Common childhood infections appear to increase risk of ischemic stroke in children, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2012. Infection is an established risk factor for ischemic stroke in adults, and this study indicates the same is true for children. Researchers found acute infections are […]
By: MICHELE G. SULLIVAN, Cardiology News Digital Network – 02/09/12. NEW ORLEANS – Two new risk assessment scores predicted the likelihood of a symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage after ischemic stroke treatment with more than 70% accuracy. Predictive rules such as these are important because there is still no large-scale prospective study that clearly identifies which patients […]
Journal of American Medical Association: Bridget M. Kuehn – Feb 15, 2012. KEYWORDS: biological markers, clinical trials as topic, national institute of neurological disorders and stroke, nervous system diseases, spinal muscular atrophies of childhood. With more than 600 neurological diseases—many of them rare—under its purview, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) faces […]
Last month, a series of studies published in BMJ reported various problems with clinical trial data. More specifically, there is a lot that goes unpublished. Although the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act requires mandatory reporting of summary clinical trial results within one year of completion on ClinicalTrials.gov, one BMJ paper found that only 22 […]
CardiologyToday.com February 14, 2012. Lakkireddy D. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012;doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2011.12.014. Patients who continued the use of dabigatran during the periprocedural period of atrial fibrillation ablation had increased risks for bleeding and composite of bleeding or embolic complications compared with patients on uninterrupted warfarin therapy. In an observational study performed at eight high-volume centers from […]
Heart Health Matters: New Research Shows Majority of Americans in the Dark About Severity of Heart Rhythm Disorders, the Heart Rhythm Society Offers Patient Tips and Tools Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) February 14, 2012. According to a new survey issued by the Heart Rhythm Society, the majority of Americans are unaware of two serious and potentially […]
ScienceDaily (Feb. 10, 2012) — Arterial stiffness due to is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease but is very difficult to measure. It also can influence blood pressure readings since these rely on the time taken for arteries to return to normal volume and flow after compression. A new method for measuring arterial stiffness has been […]
Little Hampton Gazette: A “single genetic mutation can double your risk of stroke”, the Daily Mail has reported. The newspaper added that scientists hope the discovery could lead to tailored treatments for the condition. The news is based on research which looked for genetic variations that were more common in people who had had an ischaemic stroke than in people […]
By: MITCHEL L. ZOLER, Family Practice News Digital Network: NEW ORLEANS – Nearly half of adult Americans who self-reported a history of stroke also had poorly-controlled hypertension, based on a review of data collected from a U.S. nationwide sample during 1999-2004. In addition, another 8% of stroke survivors had undiagnosed hypertension, Dr. Amytis […]
First ever data to demonstrate improvement in motor function following stroke with oral drug treatment initiated several weeks after event. HAWTHORNE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 3, 2012– Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOR) presented data showing that treatment with dalfampridine improved motor function in a preclinical model of stroke, with treatment initiated at least four weeks following the ischemic event. These […]
