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Real-World Fitness May Cut Stroke Risk
Dec. 10, 2007 -- Maybe you're not in tip-top shape. But even a humble level of physical fitness may help you avoid a stroke. New research shows that men and women over 40 who can climb stairs, carry groceries, kneel, bend, and lift may be 50% less likely to suffer a stroke than those who can't do th
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TIA: It's an Emergency
Nov. 12, 2007 -- One in 20 people who suffers a transient ischemic attack -- TIA -- has a stroke within seven days, a new study confirms. TIAs are like strokes except for one thing -- people fully recover from TIAs and there is no permanent brain damage. How dangerous are TIAs? Different studies hav
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'Silent' Strokes Common in Older People
Oct. 31, 2007 -- "Silent" strokes and other unrecognized brain abnormalities -- including benign brain tumors and aneurysms -- are common among older people, new research shows. Brain imaging was performed on 2,000 people participating in an ongoing study from the Netherlands designed to explore the
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Antibiotic May Help Treat Stroke
Oct. 2, 2007 -- The antibiotic minocycline may reduce stroke damage in some stroke patients. Researchers report that news in today's edition of the journal Neurology. The finding comes from a study of 152 men and women in Israel who had a stroke caused by a blood clot. Such strokes, called ischemic
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Ministroke: Quick Care Pays Off
Oct. 8, 2007 -- When a "ministroke" strikes, immediate medical care may help prevent a bigger stroke. That's the take-home message from two new studies published in tomorrow's edition of The Lancet. A quick review: Stroke can be caused by a blood clot (ischemic stroke) or bleeding in the brain (hemo
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Quitting Statins Risky After Stroke
Aug. 30, 2007 -- Continuing to take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may help save stroke survivors' lives in the year after a stroke, according to a new Italian study. The study tracks deaths among 631 stroke survivors treated at Rome's San Filippo Neri Hospital. All of the patients were discharge
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'Whispering' Strokes Are Common
Aug. 2, 2007 -- Researchers have coined a new term, "whispering stroke," for strokes with subtle symptoms that doctors and patients may overlook. But whispering strokes shouldn't get hushed. A new study shows that whispering strokes can dim patients' physical and mental functioning and cut their qua
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Midlife Stroke Most Common in Women
June 20, 2007 -- The chance of having a stroke from ages 45 to 54 may be more than twice as high for women as for men. Researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) report that news online in the journal Neurology. Amytis Towfighi, MD, and colleagues reviewed data from national
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Folic Acid May Lower Stroke Risk
May 31, 2007 -- Folic acid supplements appear to reduce the risk of stroke, particularly in people who do not get enough of this B vitamin. When findings from eight previously reported studies were combined, researchers found the benefits were greatest among people who took folic acid supplements th
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Stroke: Where Does Your State Rank?
May 17, 2007 -- Mississippi leads the U.S. in stroke prevalence, and Connecticut has the nation's lowest stroke prevalence rate, says the CDC. The CDC announced that news today in its first state-by-state list of stroke prevalence rates. Data came from a 2005 health survey of more than 356,000 civil
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