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1Outpatient Stroke Therapy Started 1 Citation Steve?s been home for 5 wks., but it feels much longer than that. We?re getting into a routine?our new normal, and the nursing home days seem long past. He?s lost a total of 39 lbs. since the day of the stroke on Feb. 23, 2008. We?re still trying to keep his blood pressure under control as it tends to run a little high. His diet determines how much it fluctuates day to day, so I must monitor closely what he eats. He is gaining more independence, and he even cut the grass last week on the ridin, technorati.com
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Too much, too little sleep increases ischemic risk in postmenopausal women 1 Citation Postmenopausal women who regularly sleep more than nine hours a night may have an increased risk of ischemic stroke, researchers reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association., technorati.com
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Alcohol's impact on heart and stroke risk may differ for men, women 1 Citation Link: http://www.physorg.com/news134925067.html The volume of alcohol consumption may have a significantly different effect on heart and stroke risk in men and women, according to a study of Japanese people published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. "An amount of alcohol that may be beneficial for men is not good for women at all," said Hiroyasu Iso, M.D., co-author of the study and professor of public health at Osaka University in Japan. Researchers analyzed data from a, technorati.com
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HDL Cholesterol & Risk of Ischemic Stroke Mortality 1 Citation HDL Cholesterol & Risk of Ischemic Stroke Mortality August 20th, 2008 David Tanne, MD; Shlomit Yaari, BSc Uri Goldbourt, PhD the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University (U.G.); the Department of Neurology (D.T.) and Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute (U.G.), Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer; and the Computing Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan (S.Y.), Israel. A 21-Year Follow-up of 8586 Men From the Israeli Ischemic Heart D, technorati.com
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1 Citation The American Heart Association recommends aspirin use for patients who?ve had a myocardial infarction (heart attack), unstable angina, ischemic stroke (caused by blood clot) or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs or ?little strokes?), if not contraindicated. This recommendation is based on sound evidence from clinical trials showing that aspirin helps prevent the recurrence of such events as heart attack, hospitalization for recurrent angina, second strokes, etc. (secondary prevention). Studies s, technorati.com
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1 Citation photo credit: thegoinggreenboutique I always thought that a stroke was simply a blood clot in the brain, but on researching for this article I found that a stroke falls under two main types, ischemic and haemorrhagic. An ischemic stroke is when a major blood vessel supplying blood to the brain is blocked with a blood clot. A haemorrhagic stroke is where the blood vessel bursts. A stroke is known in the medical profession as a CVA, which means a cerebrovascular accident. When this, technorati.com
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WOMEN?S HEALTH: Reduce Your Risk of Having a Stroke 1 Citation A stroke, once it is happening, is a serious medical emergency, requiring immediate medical attention. It actually takes years to create, however, the conditions leading to one. What can you start doing now to reduce your risk? There are two different kinds of stroke. The first is and most common is the ischemic stroke, in which one of the brain?s blood vessels becomes blocked, cutting off the oxygen supply to part of the brain. The second kind is the hemorrhagic, in which there is a tear to, technorati.com
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A Scientist Writes About Having a Stroke 1 Citation Stroke is the number one disabler in our country and the number three killer. According to the American Stroke Association, the ischemic stroke (ones where a blood clot blocks an artery and oxygen cannot get to cell) accounts for about 83%. I recently heard a discussion of a book, My Stroke of Insight (by Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD,) on public radio. Dr. Taylor experienced an ischemic stroke and writes (from the viewpoint of a neuroanatomist) about the experience and her recovery. You can fin, technorati.com
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Electro-Acupuncture Helps Stroke Victims to Enjoy Restored Movement 1 Citation A person who has suffered any type of a stroke and survived certainly faces a long road to recovery. A recent study shows that Acupuncture can play an important role in helping such a patient along the road to physical repair, rehabilitation and a useful life. The study involving 23 patients was recently conducted to determine if electroacupuncture could be of benefit to first-time ischemic stroke victims. (Ischemic stroke means that a local area was cut off from the normal flow of blood caus, technorati.com
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J&J?s Procrit Linked To Deaths In Stroke Patients 1 Citation The health care giant?s Ortho Biotech unit issued a statement last night saying it learned of preliminary data from a study in which patients were given its drug within six hours of suffering an ischemic stroke. The trial was designed to determine whether the med could help stroke patients. In the study, which was designed and initiated by a German scientist, more patients treated with Eprex died than in the comparison group receiving a placebo. ?Ortho Biotech chose to publicly communicate the, technorati.com
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