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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.

Early detection of heart disease opens up important possibilities of preventing late disease

Heart disease remains the number one cause of early disability and death in the western world and now, surprisingly, has also become the most frequent cause of early death in the developing world.

30 Oct 2013

Cvrx closes additional $12 million under its Series F financing

CVRx, Inc., a privately held medical device company, has closed on an additional $12 million under its Series F financing. This brings the total raised in the Series F financing to $42 million.

30 Oct 2013

High-definition transcranial direct current stimulation helps treat pain in fibromyalgia patients

Imagine significantly reducing a persistent migraine or fibromyalgia by a visit to a doctor who delivers low doses of electricity to the brain.

30 Oct 2013

Alzheimer's patients more prone to heart disease, but undergo fewer related surgeries

Persons with Alzheimer's disease suffer from ischaemic heart diseases more frequently than others, yet they undergo related procedures and surgery less frequently than persons with no diagnosed AD, according to a nation-wide register-based study carried out at the University of Eastern Finland.

30 Oct 2013

Penn Medicine-led panel reports that noise exposure is a serious public health threat

The combined toll of occupational, recreational and environmental noise exposure poses a serious public health threat going far beyond hearing damage, according to an international team of researchers writing today in The Lancet.

30 Oct 2013

Clinical trial finds COREVALVE reduces rate of death, stroke in patients with aortic stenosis

In a clinical trial, a self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve met the key performance objective of reducing death and stroke in patients with severe aortic stenosis at "extreme risk" for surgery.Results of the COREVALVE EXTREME RISK trial were presented today at the 25th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium.

30 Oct 2013

Researcher receives NIH grant to study physiological impact of maternal smoking on fetal behavior

Laura Stroud, Ph.D., a researcher with The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, was recently awarded a 5-year, $2,885,481 grant from the National Institutes of Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to further her work on the physiological impact of maternal smoking on fetal development and behavior.

30 Oct 2013

WUSTL's Igor Efimov studies new potential treatment for irregular heartbeat

Although an irregular heartbeat is a common malady in the United States, affecting an estimated 5 million people, the treatments for it are limited in scope and effectiveness.

29 Oct 2013

Questions about medical necessity for some surgeries, screenings

The Washington Post looks at the dramatic increase in spinal fusion surgeries and whether all are necessary, while Kaiser Health News examines screenings for stroke and heart disease, some of which are not recommended for healthy people.

29 Oct 2013

Research findings open up possibility for developing potent anti-clotting drugs

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered a molecular switch that causes small, beneficial clots that stop bleeding to enlarge further during wound healing. By blocking this switch in lab mice, the researchers prevented small clots from growing -- a process that can pose a danger in humans -- while preserving their ability to staunch bleeding

29 Oct 2013

Study affirms safety profile of Boston Scientific's Vessix System for resistant hypertension

Patients treated with the Boston Scientific Vessix Renal Denervation System experienced a significant and sustained reduction in blood pressure, according to new data presented today at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference in San Francisco.

29 Oct 2013

U-shaped curve links sleep duration with chronic disease

A large US population survey has found a U-shaped relationship between sleep duration and heart disease, stroke, and diabetes in adults aged 45 years and older.

28 Oct 2013

Sore throat clinical score boosts effective antibiotic use

Research published in the BMJ shows that clinical score is as good a guide for antibiotic prescribing as rapid streptococcal antigen detection tests in patients presenting to primary care with sore throat.

28 Oct 2013

Early morning SBP signals silent brain stenosis

Ambulatory systolic blood pressure in the early hours of the morning is predictive of asymptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis, the results of a cross-sectional study in China suggest.

28 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 28, 2013

Today's headlines include coverage of the health law's federal online insurance marketplace -- healthcare.gov -- and its continuing challenges, troubles and the plans to get it fixed.

28 Oct 2013

Socially isolated individuals more likely to experience ongoing pain following THR surgery

Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery set out to test this hypothesis. They found that people who lacked good social ties were much more likely to experience serious, ongoing pain following total hip replacement surgery two or more years after the procedure.

28 Oct 2013

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Early detection of heart disease opens up important possibilities of preventing late disease

Cvrx closes additional $12 million under its Series F financing

High-definition transcranial direct current stimulation helps treat pain in fibromyalgia patients

Alzheimer's patients more prone to heart disease, but undergo fewer related surgeries

Penn Medicine-led panel reports that noise exposure is a serious public health threat

Clinical trial finds COREVALVE reduces rate of death, stroke in patients with aortic stenosis

Researcher receives NIH grant to study physiological impact of maternal smoking on fetal behavior

WUSTL's Igor Efimov studies new potential treatment for irregular heartbeat

Questions about medical necessity for some surgeries, screenings

Research findings open up possibility for developing potent anti-clotting drugs

Study affirms safety profile of Boston Scientific's Vessix System for resistant hypertension

U-shaped curve links sleep duration with chronic disease

Sore throat clinical score boosts effective antibiotic use

Early morning SBP signals silent brain stenosis

First Edition: October 28, 2013

Socially isolated individuals more likely to experience ongoing pain following THR surgery

Stroke prevention study: Medication plus lifestyle changes safe, effective than surgical interventions

Study compares incidence, impacts of stroke between countries on global scale

VUMC joins national network to focus on key interventions in stroke prevention

Researchers publish comprehensive review of the benefits, risks of daily aspirin dosage

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