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Stroke: A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted or reduced, depriving brain tissue of oxygen and nutrients. Within minutes, brain cells begin to die. A stroke is a medical emergency. Prompt treatment is crucial. Early action can minimize brain damage and potential complications. The good news is that strokes can be treated and prevented, and many fewer Americans die of stroke now than in the past.
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APR 03, 2015Neuroscience
The war on PTSD, Gulf War Illness, and other illnesses suffered by veterans just got a boost from an unexpected source-l ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 03, 2015Neuroscience
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APR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
The war on PTSD, Gulf War Illness, and other illnesses suffered by veterans just got a boost from an unexpected source-l
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Each year, more than 60 million Americans fail to get enough sleep at night due to a chronic sleep disorder. Yet few of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Cardiology
A pouch-like structure inside the heart's left atrial chamber in some people may explain strokes that otherwise lack an
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 24, 2015
Cardiology
Having a certain mindset-namely, a heartfelt purpose in life-can help insulate us as we age against the ravages of brain
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 23, 2015
Microbiology
Microbes may just be the next diet craze. Researchers have programmed bacteria to generate a molecule that, through norm
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Doctor-writer Oliver Sacks' essay collections, like Musicophilia, introduced stories to the public that expl ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 19, 2015
Cardiology
A technique used to clear blood clots from arteries to the heart in about 20 percent of patients undergoing angioplasty
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 18, 2015
Neuroscience
Scientists at The University of Manchester have made an important new discovery about the brain's immune system that cou
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Two groups have recently made strides with amyloid beta (aβ), the supposed main villain in Alzheimer's disease. But whil
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Cardiology
To find out how blood flow in the heart shields against the hardening of valves in cardiovascular disease, researchers u
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 12, 2015
Cardiology
Older people in bad marriages, particularly women, have a higher risk of heart disease, report researchers.
T ...
T ...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 11, 2015
Cardiology
A team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins cardiologist and biomedical engineer Hiroshi Ashikaga, MD, PhD, has developed
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 09, 2015
Neuroscience
A University of Otago researcher is part of an international collaboration that has developed an exciting and expansive
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 05, 2015
Cardiology
People living in areas with more air pollution face a greater risk of carotid artery stenosis (narrowing of the arteries
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 27, 2015
Cardiology
The risk of heart attack has been found to be 8.5 times higher in the two hours following an acute episode of anger than
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 13, 2015
Neuroscience
While tens of millions of people have abnormal, leak-prone sproutings of blood vessels in the brain called cerebral cave
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 07, 2015
Health & Medicine
With all of the concern about fast food and obesity contributing to health problems, a recent study puts a whole new spi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 11, 2014
Health & Medicine
It is possible to detect when we provide false information regarding our health conditions through our handwriting, acco
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 02, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Two different research teams affiliated with the Broad Institute at Harvard and MIT have come up with startlingly simila
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 27, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
UC Irvine's Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and UCLA's Eli & Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine & S
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 21, 2014
Health & Medicine
Studying Sepsis: Patients Have Better Outcomes When Treated in Hospitals with Higher Volume of Cases
When patients have sepsis, a time-sensitive and hard-to-detect illness, they are more likely to survive the life-threate
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 17, 2014
Space & Astronomy
Remember all those science fiction movies that showed space travelers encased in sleep chambers? The premise was that hu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 19, 2014
Neuroscience
A study at the UCLA School of Nursing concluded that what may be damaging the brain in people with the sleep disorder is
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider