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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.

Food guidelines change but fail to take cultures into account

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services have once again developed new food guidelines for Americans that urge people to customize a diet of nutrient-dense food. For the first time, they make recommendations for infant nutrition and for different stages of life.

1 Feb 2021

New policy guidance outlines the benefits of Post-Fracture Care Coordination Programs

By 2025 some 500 million people will be living with osteoporosis, a chronic disease which weakens bones and leaves older adults at risk of a fragility fracture - a broken bone which typically occurs after a low-trauma fall. As a result, an estimated 13.5 million fragility fractures will occur worldwide.

1 Feb 2021

Researchers develop mobile EKG device that can identify patients at risk of sudden cardiac death

Researchers from Mayo Clinic and AliveCor Inc. have been using artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a mobile device that can identify certain patients at risk of sudden cardiac death.

1 Feb 2021

Study details how glutamate signaling works in the brain to enable neuronal communication

The most powerful substance in the human brain for neuronal communication is glutamate. It is by far the most abundant, and it's implicated in all kinds of operations.

30 Jan 2021

Robotic exoskeleton gait training may aid early rehabilitation for stroke

A team of New Jersey researchers has demonstrated that high-dose therapy gait training using robotic exoskeletons may aid early rehabilitation for acute stroke.

29 Jan 2021

Researchers identify a gene variant linked to cerebral small vessel disease and stroke

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden believe they have identified a gene variant that can cause cerebral small vessel disease and stroke. The study is published in Neurology Genetics.

28 Jan 2021

Neurological and psychiatric complications six months after COVID-19 recovery

Researchers in the United Kingdom have aimed to determine the prevalence of patients who experience neurological and psychiatric conditions six months after recovering from COVID-19.

28 Jan 2021

Genetic changes in tumors can help predict the efficacy of immunotherapy drugs

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, the UCL Cancer Institute, and the Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence have identified genetic changes in tumors which could be used to predict if immunotherapy drugs would be effective in individual patients.

28 Jan 2021

COVID-19 will impact cardiovascular disease deaths for years to come, warn experts

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, according to the American Heart Association's Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics -- 2021 Update, published today in the Association's flagship journal Circulation, and experts warn that the broad influence of the COVID-19 pandemic will likely continue to extend that ranking for years to come.

27 Jan 2021

Pregnancy complications can increase long-term mortality risks

A research team from the CHUM Research Centre (CRCHUM) has shown that women who have had serious complications during pregnancy are twice as likely to die up to three decades later.

27 Jan 2021

New study provides both good and bad news about transient ischemic attacks

Study findings released Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) hold both good news and bad news about transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), which are harbingers of subsequent strokes.

27 Jan 2021

NIH awards $5.59 million research grants to prevent and treat cerebral palsy

The National Institutes of Health is supporting a Wayne State University School of Medicine physician-researcher's work at preventing and treating cerebral palsy in the form of two new five-year R01 grants worth a collective $5.59 million.

27 Jan 2021

'Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome' likely to substantially impact NHS in England

Researchers in the UK have warned that cardiometabolic and pulmonary events among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivors following their discharge from hospital is likely to have an ongoing and substantial impact on the National Health Service (NHS) in England.

26 Jan 2021

NIH launches database to collect information about COVID-19-related neurological problems

A new database will collect information from clinicians about COVID-19-related neurological symptoms, complications, and outcomes as well as COVID-19 effects on pre-existing neurological conditions.

26 Jan 2021

Experts focus on identifying key research priorities related to AF screening

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a higher risk of complications including ischemic stroke, cognitive decline, heart failure, myocardial infarction and death. AF frequently is undetected until complications such as stroke or heart failure occur.

26 Jan 2021

Microglial cells contribute to the negative mood experienced during neurological diseases

Special immune cells found in the brain, microglia, play a key role in the processes that make you feel uneasy and depressed in correlation with inflammation.

26 Jan 2021

Women need to be educated about the warning signs and symptoms of preeclampsia

Each year, thousands of women and their babies die or get very sick from preeclampsia, a serious and potentially life-threatening condition that occurs during pregnancy and occasionally during the first few weeks following childbirth. High blood pressure during pregnancy is one of the warning signs.

26 Jan 2021

American Heart Association committed to support more than $230 million to achieve health equity

The American Heart Association, the leading global voluntary health organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke, is making an unprecedented series of investments focused on enhancing its historic commitment to addressing the social determinants of health and the barriers to achieving health equity for all communities - urban, suburban and rural.

25 Jan 2021

Promising nanobodies against COVID-19 produced by llamas

News-Medical speaks to Dr. David Brody about his latest research that involved discovering nanobodies produced by llamas that could help combat coronavirus.

25 Jan 2021

Study examines risk factors for developing ME/CFS in college students after infectious mononucleosis

Many college students fully recover from infectious mononucleosis (which is almost always caused by Epstein-Barr virus) within 1-6 weeks, but some go on to develop chronic fatigue syndrome, also called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS).

22 Jan 2021

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Food guidelines change but fail to take cultures into account

New policy guidance outlines the benefits of Post-Fracture Care Coordination Programs

Researchers develop mobile EKG device that can identify patients at risk of sudden cardiac death

Study details how glutamate signaling works in the brain to enable neuronal communication

Robotic exoskeleton gait training may aid early rehabilitation for stroke

Researchers identify a gene variant linked to cerebral small vessel disease and stroke

Neurological and psychiatric complications six months after COVID-19 recovery

Genetic changes in tumors can help predict the efficacy of immunotherapy drugs

COVID-19 will impact cardiovascular disease deaths for years to come, warn experts

Pregnancy complications can increase long-term mortality risks

New study provides both good and bad news about transient ischemic attacks

NIH awards $5.59 million research grants to prevent and treat cerebral palsy

'Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome' likely to substantially impact NHS in England

NIH launches database to collect information about COVID-19-related neurological problems

Experts focus on identifying key research priorities related to AF screening

Microglial cells contribute to the negative mood experienced during neurological diseases

Women need to be educated about the warning signs and symptoms of preeclampsia

American Heart Association committed to support more than $230 million to achieve health equity

Promising nanobodies against COVID-19 produced by llamas

Study examines risk factors for developing ME/CFS in college students after infectious mononucleosis

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