Stroke

Scientists from the Universities of Geneva and Lyon have discovered which molecule is held responsible for tissue necrosis due to an infarctus, and how to reduce the tissue damage by 30% in miceCredit: © UNIGE Each year, heart attacks…

Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of information. 1. Aggressive and…

Scientific statement from AHA, led by Penn Medicine, identifies risks and benefits of novel interventional devices compared to the use of blood thinners alone PHILADELPHIA -- Pulmonary embolism (PE), a blood clot lodged in one of the…

Credit: Henry Ford Health System WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. – Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital is one of only two Michigan hospitals to earn a Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center certification from The Joint Commission, an independent,…

A potential drug to treat heart attacks and to prevent heart failure -- for which no cure currently exists -- may result from pioneering research by a University of Guelph professorCredit: University of Guelph A potential drug to…

Adults missing one or more teeth from nontraumatic events more prone to heart attack, stroke Adults who have lost teeth due to nontraumatic reasons may have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease according to a presentation at…

More than $3 million in NIH grants will help assess, monitor patients recovering from strokeCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - According to the American Stroke Association, stroke is the leading cause of disability in…

Journal of the American Heart Association report DALLAS, Oct. 2, 2019 - Middle-aged adults with high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease or stroke could be at high risk for cancer and early death when sleeping less than six…

New Jersey researchers find early reperfusion of left reading network predicts reading ability in people recovering from left-sided strokeCredit: Kessler Foundation/Jody Banks East Hanover, NJ. October 1, 2019. A team of New Jersey…

A Transformative Research Award to the Buck Institute from the NIH focuses on a new method to pinpoint genetic differences between species A bit more than a million years ago, a population of Southeastern Asian mice developed the…