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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.

Researchers predict probability of cardiovascular risk

Researchers at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have managed to predict the probability of a cardiovascular patient suffering a heart attack, stroke or arterial occlusion within three months.

4 Apr 2013

Non-musicians who speak tonal languages may have a better ear for learning musical notes

Non-musicians who speak tonal languages may have a better ear for learning musical notes, according to Canadian researchers.

4 Apr 2013

Isis Pharmaceuticals starts ISIS-APOARx Phase 1 clinical study for treatment of atherosclerosis

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has initiated a Phase 1 clinical study for ISIS-APOARx, an antisense drug targeting apolipoprotein(a) for the treatment of atherosclerosis.

3 Apr 2013

UAB School of Nursing offers health care services in rural communities

"If individuals, families, and communities don't have access, then they don't have the opportunity for a better life," asserts University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Dean Doreen C. Harper, PhD, RN, FAAN.

3 Apr 2013

UAB School of Nursing raising bar on service for veterans

Partnering with Birmingham's VA Medical Center and with colleagues across a wide range of health care professions, the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing is raising the bar on service for veterans and their families.

3 Apr 2013

Researchers at UC Davis MIND Institute to establish Autism Center of Excellence and Treatment Network

Autism researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute have received a prestigious $13 million award from the National Institutes of Health to establish an Autism Center of Excellence and Treatment Network, making the MIND Institute one of only nine such centers in the United States.

3 Apr 2013

NIH awards funding to two recipients of Autism Centers of Excellence program

The National Institutes of Health has awarded $5.3 million in initial one-year funding to the latest two recipients of the Autism Centers of Excellence program. With these awards, announced on World Autism Awareness Day, these and nine other ACE centers around the country are now being funded for up to five years.

3 Apr 2013

Researchers to test cyclodextrin for treating Niemann-Pick Type C disease

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is playing a leading role in one of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) first clinical trials to improve treatments for rare and neglected diseases.

3 Apr 2013

Study: Restrictive diet after bariatric surgery improves diabetes outcomes

Patients with type 2 diabetes who consume a diet identical to the strict regimen followed after bariatric surgery are just as likely to see a reduction in blood glucose levels as those who undergo surgery, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

2 Apr 2013

Minocycline can help reduce hemorrhagic stroke damage

A new study will help determine if an antibiotic is a partial antidote for the poisonous effect blood has on the brain following a hemorrhagic stroke, researchers say.

2 Apr 2013

Risk prediction tools that estimate future risk of stroke and heart disease may also predict memory loss

Risk prediction tools that estimate future risk of heart disease and stroke may be more useful predictors of future decline in cognitive abilities, or memory and thinking, than a dementia risk score, according to a new study published in the April 2, 2013, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

2 Apr 2013

Union Bank earns title of 2012 Top Heart Walk Fundraising Team

The American Heart Association is pleased to announce that Union Bank, N.A., has earned the title of the 2012 Top Heart Walk Fundraising Team in the country for their fundraising efforts last calendar year.

2 Apr 2013

As hyperactivity diagnoses rise, concerns grow about overmedication of children

New CDC data shows that nearly one in five boys have a medical diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Other public health issues highlighted by news outlets include stroke risks in younger people, prescription-drug deaths and OSHA policies.

2 Apr 2013

New study finds for-profit hospitals outscore other hospitals on performance measures

For-profit hospitals are out-performing other hospitals when treating stroke, heart attack and pneumonia patients in emergency departments and, thus, will be more likely to receive bonuses under Medicare's new payment rules, according to a new Northwestern Medicine- study.

2 Apr 2013

Research: Adolescents' health behaviors, risk factors increase chances of heart disease as adults

U.S. adolescents' high levels of poor health behaviors and unfavorable cardiovascular risk factors may increase their chances of heart disease as adults, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation.

1 Apr 2013

Johns Hopkins scientists identify role of central nervous system cell in development of ALS

Johns Hopkins scientists say they have evidence from animal studies that a type of central nervous system cell other than motor neurons plays a fundamental role in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a fatal degenerative disease.

1 Apr 2013

Monounsaturated fats in vegetable oils can reduce metabolic syndrome risk factors

Canola oil and high-oleic canola oils can lower abdominal fat when used in place of other selected oil blends, according to a team of American and Canadian researchers. The researchers also found that consuming certain vegetable oils may be a simple way of reducing the risk of metabolic syndrome, which affects about one in three U.S. adults and one in five Canadian adults.

30 Mar 2013

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Researchers predict probability of cardiovascular risk

Non-musicians who speak tonal languages may have a better ear for learning musical notes

Isis Pharmaceuticals starts ISIS-APOARx Phase 1 clinical study for treatment of atherosclerosis

UAB School of Nursing offers health care services in rural communities

UAB School of Nursing raising bar on service for veterans

Researchers at UC Davis MIND Institute to establish Autism Center of Excellence and Treatment Network

NIH awards funding to two recipients of Autism Centers of Excellence program

Researchers to test cyclodextrin for treating Niemann-Pick Type C disease

Study: Restrictive diet after bariatric surgery improves diabetes outcomes

Minocycline can help reduce hemorrhagic stroke damage

Risk prediction tools that estimate future risk of stroke and heart disease may also predict memory loss

Union Bank earns title of 2012 Top Heart Walk Fundraising Team

As hyperactivity diagnoses rise, concerns grow about overmedication of children

New study finds for-profit hospitals outscore other hospitals on performance measures

Research: Adolescents' health behaviors, risk factors increase chances of heart disease as adults

Johns Hopkins scientists identify role of central nervous system cell in development of ALS

Monounsaturated fats in vegetable oils can reduce metabolic syndrome risk factors

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