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Strokes More Common in Southern States: CDC

Posted 3 days ago by Drugs.com

THURSDAY, May 24 – While fewer people in the United States are dying from strokes, the number of strokes has remained about the same, health officials report. And their findings bear out the South's reputation as the nation's so-called "stroke belt." According to the report on stroke prevalence from 2006 to 2010, the number of self-reported strokes dipped slightly from 2.7 percent to 2.6 percent during that time. However, disparities still exist by geography, race and ethnicity, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Overall, there is not much change in these five years," said lead report author Dr. Jing Fang, an epidemiologist in CDC's Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. Only two states – Georgia and South Dakota – showed a significant decrease, she added. However, deaths from stroke decreased significantly, with the CDC reporting a 3.6 percent ... Read more

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Clot-Buster Doesn't Raise Bleeding Risk in Warfarin Patients: Study

Posted 17 days ago by Drugs.com

THURSDAY, May 10 – Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), a drug used to combat clots in stroke patients, does not increase the risk of dangerous bleeding in patients also taking the blood thinner warfarin, new research found. The study included information on more than 23,000 ischemic stroke patients treated with tPA at more than 1,200 U.S. hospitals. Ischemic stroke, the most common type of brain attack, is caused by a blocked blood vessel to the brain. The clot-busting drug tPA is sold under the brand name Activase and the generic name alteplase. In the study, about 8 percent of the stroke patients were taking the anticoagulant warfarin (Coumadin) before hospital admission. The researchers found little difference in the risk of severe bleeding due to a brain hemorrhage in patients who received tPA while on warfarin versus those not taking the blood-thinning drug. The study also found ... Read more

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Rate of Hospitalizations for Stroke Has Declined in U.S.

Posted 18 days ago by Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, May 9 – The rate at which Americans are hospitalized for stroke has fallen, according to new government statistics released Wednesday. According to the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), hospitalizations for stroke rose to nearly 35 per 10,000 people during the 1990s but had decreased again to under 32 per 10,000 by 2009. Even so, that means there were still about 800,000 hospitalizations for stroke in 1989 and nearly 1 million in 1999 and 2009 as the population grew, the agency said. Over two-thirds of these hospitalized patients were aged 65 or older. Improvements were seen among older patients generally. Between 1999 and 2009, the stroke hospitalization rate fell 20 percent for people aged 65 to 74 and by the same amount for people aged 85 and older. It decreased even more – 24 percent – for those aged 75 to 84, the report stated. The average length of ... Read more

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High Blood Pressure Risk Factors That May Surprise You

Posted 4 May 2012 by Drugs.com

FRIDAY, May 4 – Managing your blood pressure is the most important thing you can do to help lower your risk of stroke, the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, experts say. Yet many people don't realize they're at risk of having high blood pressure, according to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. As part of American Stroke Month in May, heart and stroke experts outline the top risk factors for high blood pressure. Family history. If your parents or a close relative had high blood pressure, you're also at risk for the condition. It's a good idea to research your family's medical history in order to find out if high blood pressure runs in the family. Advanced age. As people age, they're at increased risk for high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. This is because blood vessels lose flexibility with aging, which leads to increasing pressure ... Read more

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Low-Fat Dairy Linked to Lower Stroke Risk

Posted 19 Apr 2012 by Drugs.com

THURSDAY, April 19 – In what the researchers say is the largest study on the issue to date, adults who consumed higher amounts of low-fat dairy products also had a somewhat lower long-term risk of stroke. The study involved nearly 75,000 Swedish adults who were tracked for an average of 10 years after completing a dietary questionnaire. Those who consumed low-fat versions of products such as milk, yogurt or cheese had a 12 percent lower risk for stroke than those whose diet typically included high/full-fat versions of these dairy staples. "I think this finding certainly makes sense," said Lona Sandon, a dietician and assistant professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. "When you have more high-fat dairy you have more saturated fat, which we know is one of the types of fats that can affect LDL, or 'bad,' cholesterol levels. And ... Read more

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Light or Moderate Drinking Linked to Lower Stroke Risk in Women

Posted 8 Mar 2012 by Drugs.com

THURSDAY, March 8 – Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption might reduce stroke risk in women, new research suggests. For the study, U.S. researchers examined data from nearly 84,000 women who were part of the Nurses' Health Study. The women had no evidence of cardiovascular disease or cancer at the time of enrollment and were followed for up to 26 years. The women provided information about their diet, alcohol consumption, lifestyle habits and stroke occurrences. During the follow-up, there were 2,171 cases of stroke among the women, Monik Jimenez and colleagues from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston found. About 30 percent of the women said they never drank alcohol, 35 percent said they were light drinkers, 37 percent said they were moderate drinkers, and 11 percent said they consumed more than the equivalent of one mixed drink per day. Light drinking meant consuming less alcohol ... Read more

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Citrus Fruits May Lower Women's Stroke Risk

Posted 23 Feb 2012 by Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Feb. 23 – Eating oranges and other citrus fruits may help reduce stroke risk, new research suggests. Diets rich in fruits and vegetables have been linked with lower stroke risk in other studies, but researchers weren't sure why. For this study, they zeroed in on compounds called flavanones present in citrus fruits and found a winner. "These data provide strong support for consuming more citrus fruits as part of your daily fruit and vegetable intake" to reduce the risk of ischemic [blood clot-related] stroke, said study leader Aedin Cassidy, head of nutrition at Norwich Medical School at the University of East Anglia in England. It's possible that the flavanones in citrus fruits improve blood vessel function or reduce inflammation, which has been linked with stroke, the researchers said. For maximum benefit, whole fruits are preferable to juice because they contain more ... Read more

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Many Stroke Victims Still Don't Get Treated Fast Enough: Study

Posted 3 Feb 2012 by Drugs.com

FRIDAY, Feb. 3 – While a clot-busting medication can often help stop a stroke in its tracks if it's given promptly, a new study finds that a high number of stroke victims continue to fail to get to the emergency room quickly enough to get the drug. An analysis of about 115,000 patients who had strokes between 2005 and 2010 found that almost 44 percent didn't get to the hospital until more than 4.5 hours after the time they were known to first show symptoms. That's a sign of trouble: it's actually up from 39 percent in 2005. Meanwhile, the percentage who got to the hospital within two hours fell from 40 percent in 2005 to 35 percent in 2010, another sign that more patients may be in danger from not getting prompt care. Also, many patients chose to get themselves to the hospital instead of calling an ambulance, "boosting the risk that they won't get there in time to be able to take a ... Read more

Stroke Can Impact a Child's Language, Hand-Eye Coordination

Posted 2 Feb 2012 by Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Feb. 2 – Lower IQs and problems with visual-motor and language skills are common among children who survive an arterial ischemic stroke, according to a new study. It included 42 childhood stroke survivors who underwent neuropsychological testing at least 10 months after their ischemic stroke, which occurs when blood flow to the brain is blocked. The testing evaluated their thinking abilities, academic skills, memory, language and visual-motor skills. Visual-motor skill is the ability to have the eyes and hands work together, such as when writing, using scissors, catching a ball and doing a host of other daily activities. The children's average IQ was about 94, which is in the average range but lower than the average for all children (100). The researchers said a more important finding was that the childhood stroke survivors had significantly lower visual-motor function and ... Read more

Being Fit Before Stroke May Aid Recovery

Posted 2 Feb 2012 by Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Feb. 2 – Doctors have long known that regular exercise can help lower the risk of stroke, but a new study suggests that people who are physically fit also have better odds of recovery if they do suffer a stroke. Researchers in Spain found that people who were more physically active before a stroke responded much better to clot-busting drugs, had less brain damage and were more likely to recover their motor skills than more sedentary patients. "Physical activity seems to prepare the brain to face stroke in a better and more efficient way," said study author Dr. Ana Clara Ricciardi Ciocchini, a stroke researcher at the Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol in Barcelona. "We obviously expected to obtain favorable findings, but the results were not only positive but highly significant," said Ricciardi Ciocchini. "Physical activity previous to stroke is strongly associated ... Read more

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Efforts to Reduce Stroke in Kids With Sickle Cell Working: Study

Posted 2 Feb 2012 by Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Feb. 2 – Greater use of certain types of treatments for kids with sickle cell anemia may explain why black children's risk of ischemic stroke dropped significantly between 1999 and 2007, new research finds. The disparity in stroke-related deaths between black and white children also fell during that period. Prior to 1998, black children were 74 percent more likely to die of ischemic stroke than white children. The racial difference is attributed in part to higher rates of sickle cell anemia, a blood disorder that raises the risk of stroke, among black children, according to the study scheduled to be presented Thursday at the American Stroke Association meeting in New Orleans. Then, in 1998, a major clinical trial found that treatments such as chronic (regularly scheduled) blood transfusions could dramatically lower the risk of stroke among kids with sickle cell anemia who ... Read more

Lack of Sunlight May Raise Stroke Risk

Posted 2 Feb 2012 by Drugs.com

THURSDAY, Feb. 2 – The amount of sunlight you are exposed to might play a part in determining your stroke risk, new research suggests. "We hear a lot about how sun may be bad for us, in terms of skin cancer for example," noted study co-author Leslie McClure, an associate professor of biostatistics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. "But this examination of sunlight exposure indicates that there may be some positive results related to being in the sun." "The bottom line," said McClure, "is that sunlight may be both a friend and a foe with respect to health." McClure and her colleagues are slated to present their findings Tuesday at an American Stroke Association meeting in New Orleans. To explore the possible connection between sun and stroke, the authors analyzed data collected from an ongoing study that includes more than 30,000 black and white men and women over the age of ... Read more

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Experimental Drug Might Beat Aspirin in Preventing Repeat Strokes: Study

Posted 1 Feb 2012 by Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 – An investigational drug called apixaban (Eliquis) appears to be better than aspirin at preventing blood clots in certain patients who have already suffered a stroke or so-called "mini-stroke" due to an abnormal heart rhythm, according to the results of a new study. For patients with the dangerous irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation who can't tolerate the standard drug treatment, daily apixaban seems to be more effective at warding off a stroke or blood clot than aspirin, the study found. The study was funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer, which are developing apixaban. The findings were slated for presentation Wednesday at the American Stroke Association's annual conference in New Orleans. For the study, a team of researchers from Canada and Germany, led by Dr. Hans-Christoph Diener of the University Hospital Essen, tracked nearly 5,600 atrial ... Read more

Worrying Too Much Might Raise Your Risk for Stroke

Posted 1 Feb 2012 by Drugs.com

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 – High levels of a personality trait called harm avoidance – which includes excessive worrying, pessimism, fear and fatigue – is associated with a higher stroke risk, a new study indicates. It included 1,082 older adults without dementia who were rated on the 35-item Harm Avoidance Scale. During 3-1/2 years of follow-up, 258 of the participants died. Of those, 80 percent underwent a brain autopsy. People who scored high on the Harm Avoidance Scale had a 2.4 times increased risk of microscopic stroke and a 1.8 times increased risk of a stroke that's easily visible in the brain. The link between high levels of harm avoidance and increased stroke risk remained after researchers accounted for brain and motor function, cardiovascular risk factors and conditions, and neuroticism. The study was to be presented Wednesday at the American Stroke Association meeting in New ... Read more

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Low-Dose Aspirin to Prevent First Heart Attack or Stroke? Not So Fast

Posted 9 Jan 2012 by Drugs.com

MONDAY, Jan. 9 – For years, people have been told that low-dose aspirin can help reduce their risk of dying from a heart attack, stroke or cancer even if they are healthy. Now, a new evidence review calls this advice into question. Low-dose daily aspirin therapy does not reduce risk of dying from cardiovascular disease or cancer, according to a new study in the Jan. 9 online edition of the Archives of Internal Medicine. However, experts not affiliated with the study caution that there is not a simple one-size-fits-all answer, and that anyone currently taking low-dose aspirin to reduce their risk for a first heart attack or stroke should talk to their doctor before they stop. The analysis conducted by researchers in the United Kingdom included nine studies and more than 102,000 participants who were followed for about six years. Daily low-dose aspirin resulted in a 10 percent reduction ... Read more

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