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AskMen.com
August 3, 2003
Mike Davison |
Are You At Risk Of Having A Stroke? Learn about this life-threatening condition that can lead to disability, brain damage, or even death.   |
AskMen.com
Joshua Levine |
Preventing A Heart Attack: Part I The warnings signs of a stroke, types of strokes, prevention, and rehabilitation. |
Chemistry World
March 7, 2011
Russell Johnson |
Breathe out for personalised medicine A method to analyse drug levels in the body could allow people with epilepsy to avoid weeks of blood tests, claim scientists from Switzerland. |
Scientific American
August 2005
Cathryn M. Delude |
Widening the Window Strategies to buy time in treating ischemic stroke: Recently scientists have discovered ways that could extend tissue plasminogen activator's (tPA) window of time, at least for some patients, and have found alternatives that may be both effective and safe beyond three hours. |
Chemistry World
April 21, 2008
Pete Mitchel |
The hunt for metabolic biomarkers In the largest metabonomics study ever carried out, researchers have discovered strong correlations between individuals' blood pressure and the levels of certain metabolites in their urine. |
Nursing
March 2011
Mink & Miller |
Stroke, Part 2: Respond aggressively to hemorrhagic stroke Patients may arrive at the hospital any time from minutes to days after a hemorrhagic stroke, and nurses need to be prepared for the unique challenges associated with their care. |
Chemistry World
January 30, 2011
Simon Hadlington |
Nanotubes protect brain tissue from stroke damage Researchers in Korea and the US have shown that modified carbon nanotubes can protect brain tissue from the damage caused by ischaemic stroke, where the blood supply to the brain is interrupted. |
Nursing
May 2009
Miller & Mink |
Acute Ischemic Stroke: Not a Moment to Lose A review of the guidelines for acute ischemic stroke care for adults, based on the most recent revisions. Plus, a look at the two types of strokes. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Merck's Bleeding Out Vorapaxar caused it. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2006
Mark H. Ebell |
Predicting Short-term Risk of Stroke After TIA Because guidelines do not mandate hospitalization for patients who have had a transient ischemic attack, validated clinical prediction rules may be used to identify patients who should definitely be hospitalized for expedited evaluation and patients for whom outpatient evaluation is a reasonable option. |
BusinessWeek
November 19, 2007
Catherine Arnst |
A Top Gun Takes Aim at Strokes Jackson Streeter left his dream job as a fighter pilot to tackle stokes, the second leading cause of death. |
Nursing Management
June 2010
Alison Trembly |
Stroke care in the 21st century Stroke care has changed dramatically in the last decade. This story emphasizes several key points about stroke in the 21st century. |
American Family Physician
April 1, 2004
Nina Solenski |
Transient Ischemic Attacks: Part I. Diagnosis and Evaluation Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is no longer considered a benign event but, rather, a critical harbinger of impending stroke. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
September 2001 |
Brain Attack: What you need to know about stroke... |
Health
February 2008
Ginny Graves |
The Scary Truth about Strokes Women who take birth control pills, get salon haircuts, or go to the chiropractor may be raising their risk for strokes. Read on for more information. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2005
Gresham & Gresham |
Winning the Aging Game A person's physical condition can change in a moment, and with those changes come significant financial questions that advisors are going to face with more frequency as baby boomers age. |
Bio-IT World
July 14, 2004
Karen Hopkin |
'Omics: The NextGeneration Researchers in industry and academia are cataloging collections of biochemical compounds (metabolomics) to determine how they respond when organisms are challenged by drugs, disease, or stress (metabonomics). |
Chemistry World
May 24, 2006 |
Detecting Brain Damage Before it Happens An NMR technique under development could help the victims of stroke by detecting brain damage early enough to provide treatment. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2006
Carr et al. |
Older Adult Drivers with Cognitive Impairment In patients who continue to drive, physicians should assess pertinent cognitive domains, determine the severity and etiology of the dementia, and screen for risky driving behaviors. |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2005
Adelman & Daly |
Initial Evaluation of the Patient with Suspected Dementia It is common for older patients to present to family physicians with concerns of memory loss. With an accurate and timely diagnosis of dementia, appropriate therapies can be initiated to reduce further cognitive decline. |
Chemistry World
June 21, 2011
Carol Stanier |
Nanotubes Inject Stroke Therapy Into Rats' Brains Carbon nanotubes act as a delivery vehicle for small pieces of RNA that help to prevent cell death in the brain after stroke. |
American Family Physician
June 15, 2005
Mark H. Ebell |
Decision-Making Tool for Treating Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation What is the risk of stroke in a patient with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, and should that patient be given warfarin (Coumadin) or aspirin? |
Scientific American
January 17, 2007
Charles Q. Choi |
A Stroke for Stem Cells The brain becomes a target in stem cell clinical trials. |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2001
Karen S. Santacruz & Daniel Swagerty |
Early Diagnosis of Dementia As more treatment options become available, it will become increasingly important to diagnose dementia early... |
BusinessWeek
September 29, 2003
Arlene Weintraub |
Snaking Out Strokes Concentric is testing a corkscrew for clogged arteries. |
Bio-IT World
April 2007
Kevin Davies |
The Human Metabolome Project Motivated by the absence of a metabolomic equivalent of GenBank that could provide information and possibly even samples of metabolites, researchers secured $7.5 million funding from Genome Canada in 2005 for the "Human Metabolome Project." |
American Family Physician
April 1, 2004 |
What is a stroke? What is a TIA? Find out what the symptoms are for a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) and what to do if you, or anyone you know, experiences them. |
Nursing
March 2012
Susan Simmons |
Recognizing and preventing Acute stroke in women In women, stroke is the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and cancer, and the major cause of disability. |
American Family Physician
April 1, 2004
Nina Solenski |
Transient Ischemic Attacks: Part II. Treatment Risk factors for stroke should be evaluated in patients who have had a transient ischemic attack. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2003 |
How to Prevent a Stroke What is a stroke?... What increases my risk of having a stroke?... What can I do to lower my risk of having a stroke?... Can medicine help lower my risk of stroke?... etc. |
National Defense
December 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Spy Game to Help Rehabilitate Veterans Suffering From Brain Injuries To appeal to the gaming generation, researchers are developing a trainer designed to rehabilitate brain injury patients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center through adaptive scenarios that engage them in audio and visual exercises. |
Nurse Practitioner
August 2011
Davis et al. |
Supportive approaches for Alzheimer Disease Alzheimer disease accounts for almost 80% of all dementia diagnoses. Currently, more than 5 million Americans suffer from this debilitating illness, with the highest prevalence in the oldest age groups. |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2001
Marc Tunzi |
Can the Patient Decide? Evaluating Patient Capacity in Practice |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2003
Ezekowitz et al. |
Stroke: Strategies for Primary Prevention Stroke is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Every year, approximately 500,000 Americans have a first stroke, and approximately 20 percent die within 30 days. This article summarizes strategies that have been shown to be effective in stroke prevention. |
American Family Physician
January 1, 2006
Rupke, Blecke & Renfrow |
Cognitive Therapy for Depression Family physicians usually are the first to diagnose and treat patients with depression. They should inform patients that psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy are valid options, and that cognitive therapy is the most studied psychotherapy. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2006
Kavan et al. |
A Practical Guide to Crisis Management Physicians often are required to assist patients in crisis. An estimated 4% of visits to primary care physicians involve psychiatric or social crises. |
Nursing
September 2010
Margaret M. Bolton |
Sounding the alarm about metabolic syndrome Any health problem that affects a third of American adults is sure to impact your nursing practice. Metabolic syndrome, a growing and commonly silent condition, poses a significant public health crisis. |
Scientific American
February 28, 2005
Gunjan Sinha |
The Diet That Fits With the understanding that some diseases such as obesity are metabolic syndromes in which multiple biochemical pathways interact to cause complex symptoms, metabolic testing offers a way to gauge health over a lifetime. |
