Stroke News From Medical News Today
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:04:55 +0100
FDA Announces New Boxed Warning On Plavix
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration added a boxed warning to the anti-blood clotting drug Plavix (clopidogrel), alerting patients and health care professionals that the drug can be less effective in people who cannot metabolize the drug to convert it to its active form...
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Occasional High Blood Pressure May Pose Higher Stroke Risk
Having high blood pressure occasionally may pose a higher risk of having a stroke than having consistently high readings: a series of UK-led research papers published this week in leading journals suggests doctors should not ignore one-off high blood pressure readings and consider blood pressure variability and maximum blood pressure as risk factors for stroke rather ...
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Novel Stroke Treatment Passes Safety Stage Of UCI-Led Clinical Trial
A clinical research trial of a new treatment to restore brain cells damaged by stroke has passed an important safety stage, according to the UC Irvine neurologist who led the effort. Dr. Steven C. Cramer said patients showed no ill effects after the sequential administration of growth factors encouraging the creation of neurons in stroke-damaged areas of the brain...
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Heart Disease And Stroke Survivors Urge Congress To Increase Funding For The National Institutes Of Health
Enhance National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported research to improve health, spur economic growth and innovation and science. American Heart Association patient advocates and researchers today delivered that message to members of Congress during the association's Research Saves Lives Fly-In Lobby Day...
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:00:00 PDT
Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. Announces Publication Of Phase IIa Stroke Data
Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. ("SCT" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SSS) wishes to announce the acceptance and publication of the paper entitled "The Beta-hCG + Erythropoietin in Acute Stroke ( BETAS) Study" by the journal "Stroke", on March 8, 2010. This paper was authored by Dr. Steven C. Cramer, from the University of California, Irvine, Dr...
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 PDT
Multicenter NIH Clinical Trial Will Study Potential Benefits Of Brain Cooling After A Stroke
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and UTHealth's Medical School will collaborate on the largest clinical trial of hypothermia (brain cooling) for stroke to date. The ICTuS 2 study (Intravascular Cooling for Acute Stroke) will be led by overall principal investigator Patrick D. Lyden, M.D...
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Medicine To Lower Blood Pressure Significantly Decreases Risk For Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke
A long-acting ACE inhibitor used to reduce blood pressure significantly decreased the risk for cardiovascular disease, including stroke, in normal weight, overweight and obese patients, according to research reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association...
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:00:00 PDT
Study Finds Clear Tie Between Parents' Stroke History, Offspring's Risk
Children with a parent who had a stroke, particularly by age 65, have an increased risk of stroke, suggesting parental stroke as an important new risk marker, according to a study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers focused on 3,443 initially stroke-free subjects, all second-generation participants in the Framingham Heart Study...
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:00 PDT
New Survey Shows Urgent Need For Better Access To Post-hospital Physiotherapy For Stroke Patients, UK
A fifth of stroke survivors questioned in England for a recent survey didn't receive any post-hospital physiotherapy on the NHS, meaning they either had to pay for private treatment or go without any. The results also showed that almost three quarters of physiotherapists surveyed in the UK believe they aren't able to deliver the best outcomes for stroke patients...
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Researchers Report That Thymosin Beta 4 Improves Neurological Function After Stroke
RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US:RGN) announced that a research team from the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI reported that Thymosin beta 4 (Tβ4), administered to rats one day after embolic stroke, improved neurological functional outcome compared to control animals...
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PDT
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