Tag Archive for 'stroke'
April 8th, 2010 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
Being overweight increases the risk of ischemic stroke by 22%, while being obese increases the risk 64%, according to Italian Researchers from the University of Naples Medical School. In their 2010 study of almost 2.3 million people, the researchers found that being overweight and obese independently affected stroke risk.
One possible reason for this, one of the researchers told [...]
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February 21st, 2009 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
Most of us truly love our coffee and especially look forward to that first cup in the morning. It’s delicious, it helps you wake up, and quite honestly, most of us are addicted to this wonderful brew. But are we going to regret this delicious indulgence some day?
A number of researchers have recently investigated the health benefits [...]
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February 19th, 2009 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
Drinking caffeinated coffee regularly may be linked with a lower stroke risk, according to Harvard and Madrid researchers. Women who drank two to three cups a day had a 19% reduction in the risk of all strokes but consumption of tea and caffeinated soft drinks was not significantly associated with a lowered stroke risk. The association was [...]
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September 12th, 2008 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
If you have symptoms of a stroke, it is a medical emergency. Brain tissue dies quickly when deprived of oxygen. Every minute you wait, hoping your symptoms will go away, you lose almost 2 million brain cells.
Learn to recognize the warning signs of a stroke and act quickly.
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August 7th, 2008 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
Older patients who ate at least three servings of fish a week had a 26% reduced risk of silent stroke, according to researchers from the University of Kuopio, Finland. In addition, those who ate the most fish had 10.6% better white matter grade scores compared with those who ate the least.
via MedPage Today, Aug 5, [...]
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July 30th, 2008 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
Being married to a smoker increased stroke risk by 42% in nonsmokers and by 72% in former smokers according to a recent study from Harvard and Columbia.
via American Journal of Preventive Medicine, July 2008
Learn more about:
-Smoking and how to stop
-Stroke
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May 13th, 2008 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
Chronic exposure to air pollution appears to change the blood’s coagulation properties and increases the risk of developing a DVT, Harvard researchers recently reported. In their study of 870 patients, the risk of a clot increased by 70% with each 10 μg/m3 rise in airborne particulate matter. Previous studies have also found an association between exposure to air pollution [...]
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October 27th, 2006 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
In a recent study by Mayo Clinic researchers, a majority of highly educated and medically sophisticated patients were largely unaware they were having an acute ischemic stroke and urgently needed immediate medical care. The Mayo researchers wanted to understand why stroke patients were showing up in the emergency room too late to receive treatment that [...]
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April 27th, 2006 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
Stroke may impair memory without necessarily causing dementia or any other cognitive impairment, according to a report from Columbia University researchers. Findings from a study of 1300 people, just over 76 years of age, suggest that stroke increases the risk of cognitive decline. The researchers speculated that stroke may cause memory problems by damaging or [...]
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March 27th, 2006 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
There is a high risk of stroke after a transient ischemic attack (TIA) yet there is a widespread lack of public awareness that a TIA is a medical emergency. In a recent study from Oxford, England, researchers found nearly half of those experiencing a TIA delayed seeking medical help, even when they recognized the symptoms.
Protect [...]
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