News and Features Related to Stroke
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Can Exercise Prevent Severe Stroke?
Oct. 20, 2008 -- The benefits of keeping active may be growing. A new international study looks at whether exercise reduces the severity of strokes. The study looks at whether how much someone exercised before having a stroke had an impact on how severe the stroke was, and whether being active affec
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Should Carotid Patients Skip Surgery?
Sept. 25, 2008 -- Surgery or stenting is not necessary for at least 95% of patients with a condition called asymptomatic carotid stenosis (ACS), says a team of researchers from Canada and Greece. ACS is a condition in which the main vessels supplying blood to the brain are narrowed but the patient h
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Late Stroke Treatment Still Has Benefits
Sept. 24, 2008 - The brain clot-busting drug tPA works better the sooner it's given after stroke, but now a new study shows the treatment can help even if given up to 4.5 hours later. During a stroke, a clot blocks the flow of blood to parts of the brain. It doesn't take long for these parts of the
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Stroke After Sex
Sept. 15, 2008 -- Sex triggered a life-threatening stroke in a healthy 35-year-old Illinois woman, her doctors report. Sex- and orgasm-triggered strokes in relatively young women and men are rare, but not unheard of. They require a combination of factors and events not unusual in themselves, but whi
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Treadmill Rewires Brain After Stroke
Aug. 28, 2008 -- Treadmill exercise may improve stroke survivors' walking ability by rewiring parts of the brain, according to a new study. The study also shows treadmill exercise may be better than stretching, the traditional exercise prescribed after a stroke, both for walking and overall fitness.
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Belly Fat Linked to Stroke Risk
Aug. 14, 2008 -- We know that being overweight or obese can contribute to heart disease and heart attacks, but does extra weight around your belly increase your risk of stroke? A new study says that may be the case. Led by Yaroslav Winter, MD, researchers from the University of Heidelberg looked at
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5 Lifestyle Habits Cut Stroke Risk
Aug. 12, 2008 -- A new study shows that five healthy lifestyle factors help cut the risk of the most common type of stroke by 80%. The study, reported in the journal Circulation, tracked 43,685 men and 71,243 women. The average age at the start of the study was 54 for men and 50 for women. When the
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Fish May Boost Memory, Prevent Stroke
Aug. 4, 2008 -- Regularly eating non-fried fish may help older adults preserve their memory and ward off stroke. Researchers reporting in tomorrow’s issue of Neurology have found that older adults whose diets include three or more weekly helpings of baked or broiled tuna and other fish high in omega
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Spouses of Smokers at Risk for Stroke
July 29, 2008 -- Nonsmokers who are married to someone who smokes have a greatly increased risk for stroke, a finding that further underscores the dangers of secondhand smoke. Researchers reporting in the September issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine say the risk varies depending on
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Older Women's Stroke Risk Linked to Sleep
July 17, 2008 -- Getting too much sleep may be a more serious sign of stroke risk among older women than not getting enough sleep, according to a new study. Researchers found that postmenopausal women who slept nine or more hours per night were 70% more likely to suffer an ischemic stroke than women
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