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• Specialized Stroke Care Improves Outcomes

  November 20 (HealthDay News) -- Stroke patients treated at community hospitals with specialized stroke care ...

• High Blood Fat Levels Tied to Ischemic Stroke Risk

  November 11 (HealthDay News) -- A Danish study links high levels of the blood fats ...

• Beta Blocker Use Questioned in Non-Heart Surgery

  November 10 (HealthDay News) -- An analysis of 33 studies on drugs known as beta ...

• Major Illnesses in U.S. Seniors Cost $196 Billion Annually

  October 30 (HealthDay News) -- In 2007, six major illnesses among Americans age 65 and ...

• Electrical Brain Stimulation May Boost Dexterity

  October 30 (HealthDay News) -- A little of jolt of electricity to the brain could ...

• Key Blood Test Protein May Not Cause Heart Disease

  October 29 (HealthDay News) -- High blood levels of C-reactive protein do not increase the ...

• Exercise Improves Stroke Outcome

  October 23 (HealthDay News) -- Recovering from a stroke is easier if you were physically ...

• Low Blood Pressure During Surgery Boosts Stroke Risk

  October 18 (HealthDay News) -- People face a higher risk of stroke after surgery if ...

• Aspirin Doesn't Prevent First Heart Attack, Stroke

  October 16 (HealthDay News) -- Contradicting current recommendations, a new trial finds that aspirin does ...

• Ginkgo Prevented Stroke Damage in Mice

  October 9 (HealthDay News) -- A study with genetically engineered mice found that an extract ...

• Blacks at Higher Risk for Brain Lesions Causing Stroke

  October 8 (HealthDay News) -- Blacks are more likely than whites to have small bleeds ...

• Anemia Drugs Linked to Stroke Study Deaths: FDA

  September 26 (HealthDay News) -- Preliminary results from a German study suggest that stroke patients' ...

• Surgery May Not Help Most People with Narrowed Brain Artery

  September 25 (HealthDay News) -- The vast majority of people at risk of stroke because ...

• Leading COPD Drugs Tied to Stroke, Heart Attack

  September 23 (HealthDay News) -- Common drugs prescribed for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are ...

• Stroke Prevalence Higher, Deadlier Among American Indians

  September 23 (HealthDay News) -- American Indians have a higher incidence of stroke than blacks ...

• Caregivers Face Multiple Strains Tending Older Parents

  September 22 (HealthDay News) -- Middle-aged adults who regularly help their elderly parents get by ...

• 3-D MRI Helps Detect Patients at High Risk for Stroke

  September 16 (HealthDay News) -- Canadian researchers say that three-dimensional MRI may prove to be ...

• Stem Cells Ease Stroke-Like Brain Damage in Mice

  September 15 (HealthDay News) -- Human stem cells derived from bone marrow can cut the ...

• Later Use of Clot-Buster After Stroke Possible: Study

  September 14 (HealthDay News) -- European researchers who showed that the clot-dissolving drug tPA could ...