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A stroke is a medical emergency. Strokes happen when blood flow to your brain stops. Within minutes, brain cells begin to die. There are two kinds of stroke. The more common kind, called ischemic stroke, is caused by a blood clot that blocks or plugs a blood vessel in the brain. The other kind, called hemorrhagic stroke, is caused by a blood vessel that breaks and bleeds into the brain. "Mini-strokes" or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), occur when the blood supply to the brain is briefly interrupted.

Can your beverage choices impact diabetes outcomes?

The intake of specific types of beverages and their relation to mortality and cardiovascular disease outcomes among adults with type 2 diabetes.

24 Apr 2023

Study shows how the brain benefits from consistently lower blood pressure

Intensive blood pressure treatment significantly reduces the risk of adverse cerebrovascular events such as stroke.

24 Apr 2023

Study investigates how preterm birth and fetal growth are related to later atrial fibrillation risk

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have investigated how preterm birth and fetal growth are related to the risk of atrial fibrillation up to middle-age

24 Apr 2023

Drug-metabolizing enzyme may be a major player in safety concerns related to the painkiller diclofenac

Safety concerns related to the widely used painkiller diclofenac may be tied to a little-studied drug-metabolizing enzyme whose expression can vary as much as 3,000 times from one individual to the next, according to new research.

24 Apr 2023

Motor cortex study: effector regions alternate with somato-cognitive action network

Researchers mapped the functional organization of the motor cortex (M1) of the human brain.

24 Apr 2023

Study reveals alarming global burden of antimicrobial resistance in bacterial infections

The paper presents a systematic analysis of the global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019. The authors highlight the urgent need for action to address this growing public health threat.

23 Apr 2023

Online tool analyzes at-home videos to predict musculoskeletal health

Musculoskeletal conditions - which encompass impairments of the joints, bones, or muscles - affect more than 1.5 billion people around the world.

21 Apr 2023

Sauna heat therapy reduces blood pressure, improves overall cardiovascular health

Sauna heat therapy reduces blood pressure in middle-aged people, according to researchers at Brigham Young University in Utah.

21 Apr 2023

How alcohol intake contributes to increased pain and hypersensitivity

Chronic alcohol consumption may make people more sensitive to pain through two different molecular mechanisms - one driven by alcohol intake and one by alcohol withdrawal.

21 Apr 2023

Neighborhood social factors may be linked to epilepsy outcomes

People with epilepsy living in disadvantaged neighborhoods - areas with higher poverty levels and fewer educational and employment opportunities - may be more likely to have memory, thinking, and mental health problems compared to people with epilepsy living in neighborhoods with fewer disadvantages, according to new research published in the April 19, 2023, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

20 Apr 2023

Teriflunomide may delay first symptoms of multiple sclerosis, study shows

A drug called teriflunomide may delay first symptoms for people whose magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans show signs of multiple sclerosis (MS) even though they do not yet have symptoms of the disease.

20 Apr 2023

New drug may offer relief for people with difficult-to-treat migraine

The drug atogepant may help prevent migraines for people who have had no success with other preventive drugs, according to a preliminary study released April 20, 2023, which will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 75th Annual Meeting being held in person in Boston and live online from April 22-27, 2023.

20 Apr 2023

Study uncovers a protein-protein interaction that contributes to Parkinson's disease

In a study published in Nature Communications, a team led by Krembil Brain Institute Senior Scientists, Drs. Lorraine Kalia and Suneil Kalia, and University of Toronto (U of T) Professor, Dr. Philip M. Kim, identified a protein-protein interaction that contributes to Parkinson's disease.

20 Apr 2023

EAT-Lancet Healthy Reference Diet: environment and heart-friendly?

Researchers aimed to construct a diet score measuring adherence to the healthy reference diet (HRD).

20 Apr 2023

How did alcohol control policies reduce all-cause mortality in Baltic countries and Poland?

Researchers examined the impact of alcohol control policies on all-cause mortality between 2001 and 2020.

20 Apr 2023

Simple memory test may identify people most likely to develop cognitive impairment

In people with no thinking and memory problems, a simple test may predict the risk of developing cognitive impairment years later, according to a study published in the April 19, 2023, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

19 Apr 2023

Study finds increased prevalence of hypertension among people with severe obesity and a genetic variant

Obesity and its associated cardiometabolic issues are a major health concern in the U.S. and internationally.

19 Apr 2023

Prenatal depression may be related to postpartum cardiovascular disease diagnosis

Individuals who were diagnosed with depression during pregnancy were more likely to be diagnosed with cardiovascular disease within two years after giving birth than individuals without depression, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

19 Apr 2023

Study finds heightened risk of cardiovascular disease among cancer survivors

Cancer survivors may be at long-term heightened risk of subsequent cardiovascular disease, irrespective of traditional underlying risk factors, suggest the findings of a large UK Biobank study, published online in the journal Heart.

19 Apr 2023

Could laughter yoga be a therapeutic approach for type 2 diabetic glycemic control?

Researchers investigated the effects of laughter yoga on glycemic control in people with type 2 diabetes.

19 Apr 2023

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Can your beverage choices impact diabetes outcomes?

Study shows how the brain benefits from consistently lower blood pressure

Study investigates how preterm birth and fetal growth are related to later atrial fibrillation risk

Drug-metabolizing enzyme may be a major player in safety concerns related to the painkiller diclofenac

Motor cortex study: effector regions alternate with somato-cognitive action network

Study reveals alarming global burden of antimicrobial resistance in bacterial infections

Online tool analyzes at-home videos to predict musculoskeletal health

Sauna heat therapy reduces blood pressure, improves overall cardiovascular health

How alcohol intake contributes to increased pain and hypersensitivity

Neighborhood social factors may be linked to epilepsy outcomes

Teriflunomide may delay first symptoms of multiple sclerosis, study shows

New drug may offer relief for people with difficult-to-treat migraine

Study uncovers a protein-protein interaction that contributes to Parkinson's disease

EAT-Lancet Healthy Reference Diet: environment and heart-friendly?

How did alcohol control policies reduce all-cause mortality in Baltic countries and Poland?

Simple memory test may identify people most likely to develop cognitive impairment

Study finds increased prevalence of hypertension among people with severe obesity and a genetic variant

Prenatal depression may be related to postpartum cardiovascular disease diagnosis

Study finds heightened risk of cardiovascular disease among cancer survivors

Could laughter yoga be a therapeutic approach for type 2 diabetic glycemic control?

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