Latest Silent Stroke Stories
The teenage years may be a key period of vulnerability related to living in the "stroke belt" when it comes to future stroke risk, according to a new study published in the April 24, 2013, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. More people have strokes and die of strokes in the southeastern area known as the stroke belt than in the rest of the United States. So far, research has shown that only part of the difference can be explained by...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Adults who suffer a stroke before the age of 50 are far more likely to die within the next two decades than the general population, according to a new study published in Wednesday’s edition of JAMA. According to background information presented with the study, six million people die as a result of stroke, which is a loss of brain function due to a disturbance in the brain’s blood supply. While it primarily affects the elderly,...
An international study led by King's College London has identified a new genetic variant associated with stroke An international study led by King's College London has identified a new genetic variant associated with stroke. By exploring the genetic variants linked with blood clotting – a process that can lead to a stroke – scientists have discovered a gene which is associated with large vessel and cardioembolic stroke but has no connection to small vessel stroke. Published in the...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A scary reality, especially for those of us with aging parents, is the possibility of stroke and its debilitating effects. When a blood clot blocks an artery or a blood vessel breaks, a stroke or “brain attack” can occur as the flow of blood to the brain is interrupted. With either of these situations, brain cells will begin to die and brain damage occurs. Many health experts have recognized the need to address a potential...
Inflammatory marker is linked with increased risk of heart disease, diabetes and some cancers African Americans have higher blood levels of a protein associated with increased heart-disease risk than European Americans, despite higher "good" HDL cholesterol and lower "bad" triglyceride levels. This contradictory observation now may be explained, in part, by a genetic variant identified in the first large-scale, genome-wide association study of this protein involving 12,000 African American...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online In case you needed any more proof, yet another study has been released today which suggests stress, specifically the stress which accompanies a strong, Type A personality, leads to a high risk of stroke. This study is far from the only one of its kind and shows similar results to its predecessors. Published online in the Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry, this study has found that chronic stress as a result of a high strung or...
Patients who resume smoking after a stroke increase their risk of death by three-fold, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2012 by Professor Furio Colivicchi from San Filippo Neri Hospital. The researchers also found that the earlier patients resume smoking, the greater their risk of death with one year. "It is well established that smoking increases the risk of having a stroke," said Professor Colivicchi. "Quitting smoking after an acute ischemic stroke may be more effective...
