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News: February 14, 2012
Diabetics May Be at Greater Risk for Second Stroke
MONDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- After suffering a first stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), people with diabetes are at greater risk of having another stroke or a heart attack, a new study confirms. But, aggressively lowering cholestero...
Patients Do Better at Hospitals That Follow Stroke Guidelines
MONDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Stroke patients taken to hospitals that follow specific treatment protocols may have a better chance of surviving than patients taken elsewhere, new research suggests. The study looked at the first one million s...
Mini-Stroke Found to Precede 1 in 8 Strokes
TUESDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Just one of every eight strokes is preceded by a milder interruption of blood flow to the brain, called a transient ischemic attack (TIA), a new Canadian study shows. And because of that, the researchers concl...
Study Ties Mini-Strokes to Memory Loss
MONDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Screening for areas of damage from a possible mini-stroke could help predict memory loss in the elderly, say U.S. researchers. Their finding comes from a study involving 679 people, aged 65 and older, who were t...
Mini-Strokes May Cause Vision Loss
TUESDAY, July 7 (HealthDay News) -- A study of people who suffer the mini-strokes called silent cerebral infarcts could help explain the medical mystery of normal-tension glaucoma, Hong Kong ophthalmologists report. Glaucoma is the progressive los...
Radiation May Raise Stroke Risk After Hodgkin's
WEDNESDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors who are treated with radiation therapy have a greatly increased risk of stroke and transient ischemic attack, also called a "mini-stroke," new research has found. Flora E. van Lee...
Mini-Stroke Can Mean Major One Within Hours
MONDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- About half the people who have a major stroke soon after a less serious brain event, such as a transient ischemic attack or "mini-stroke," do so within 24 hours of the minor event, a new study finds. The message ...
Consider TIAs an Emergency, Groups Urge
THURSDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) --"Mini-strokes" should be treated with the same urgency as a full-blown stroke, urges the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. That's because the risk of a major stroke after a warning stroke, k...
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