Air Pollution May Up Fatal Stroke Risk
Fine particles in air pollution may raise fatal stroke risk in people aged 65 and older during warm months. So say experts including Jaana Kettunen, MSc, of Finland's National Public Health Institute. Kettunen's team studied fatal stroke risk and air pollution among people 65 and older in Helsinki, Finland's capital.
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Faith May Help Stroke Patients Cope
Strong religious beliefs can protect stroke patients from emotional distress, perhaps aiding recovery, according to a new Italian study. Emotional distress, particularly depression, has been shown in other research to negatively affect recovery during a stroke patient's hospitalization or after discharge.
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Stroke Deadlier on Weekends?
Stroke victims hospitalized on a weekend may be more likely to die than those admitted during the week, according to a Canadian study. The study tracked stroke deaths in 606 Canadian hospitals from April 2003 through March 2004.
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Common Gene Glitch May Up Stroke Risk
A common genetic mutation may make people two to three times more likely to have a stroke. Danish doctors report that news in Neurology. The researchers include Borge Nordestgaard, MD, DMSc, who works in the clinical biochemistry department at Denmark's Herlev University.
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Sibling Had Stroke? Your Risk Goes Up
If your brother or sister has had a stroke, you're almost twice as likely as the average American to suffer one yourself, a new study suggests. Mexican-American men whose siblings have had a stroke are at particularly high risk: They're nearly three times as likely to have a stroke themselves.
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Stroke: Where Does Your State Rank?
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 civilian adults nationwide. The survey didn't include people living in nursing homes or other institutions.
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Folic Acid May Lower Stroke Risk
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 the longest.
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Midlife Stroke Most Common in Women
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.
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'Whispering' Strokes Are Common
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 quality of life.
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Quitting Statins Risky After Stroke
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.
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Ministroke: Quick Care Pays Off
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 (hemorrhagic stroke).
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Antibiotic May Help Treat Stroke
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 strokes, are the most common type of stroke.
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'Silent' Strokes Common in Older People
"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 effect of aging on the brain. The average age of the study participants was 63.
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TIA: It's an Emergency
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 have come up with different answers.
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