Postmenopausal women taking hormone therapy appear to have an increased risk of stroke regardless of when they started treatment, according to a new report. Compared to women who had never used ...
The risks of developing Alzheimer's disease differ between the sexes, with stroke in men, and depression in women, critical factors, suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of ...
... received 12 30-minute therapy sessions during the four to five weeks of the study.
“We found that stroke patients improved their walking whether they had the robotic device or the therapist helping ...
Long-term harmful effects of marijuana include risk for heart attacks and strokes in addition to impaired learning and memory.
The active chemical in marijuana, called delta-9-tetrahyrdocannabinol ( ...
... their heart attack like heart failure. In contrast more than half of the patients who suffered a stroke were left incapacitated or needing help with everyday activities.
The POISE results suggest ...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 18 (UPI) -- Psychologist Harvey Karman, known for his contributions to the field of women's reproductive health, has died of a stroke in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 84.
An old intravenous antibiotic may have new life as a stroke treatment, researchers say. Minocycline appears to reduce stroke damage in multiple ways - inhibiting white blood cells and enzymes that, ...
... drug called rt-PA (recombinant tissue plasminogen activator) in patients who had suffered an acute stroke. The trial, known as the National Institute for Neurological Disorders (NINDS) rt-PA Stroke ...
Researchers have developed a mechanical device that helps people recover their mobility after a stroke, using movements to activate stroke-affected areas of the brain.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Doctors may want to give stroke victims antidepressants right away instead of waiting until they develop depression, a common complication, new research suggests....
... in more than half of these patients, according to background information in the article. “Post-stroke depression has been shown in numerous studies to be associated with both impaired recovery in ...
... particles can be man-made or from natural sources.
In the study, researchers identified ischemic strokes and transient ischemic attacks (TIA), sometimes called mini strokes but that often lead to a ...
Dr. Nina Solenski, a neurologist in the Primary Stroke Center at the University of Virginia Health System, has been busy learning to drive. Instead of a car, she's learning how to maneuver a robot ...
... (18%). But there was still no difference in the number of patients who died after a stroke or were severely disabled by it. However, patients who were treated with the higher dosage of factor VIIa ...
... in the study had a one and three-quarters-fold increased risk of having this type of stroke.
"Physicians and public health officials should help Mexican Americans and women take steps which ...
