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23 hrs ago | Medical Daily

Diane 35 Acne Pill Benefits Outweigh Clot Risk, Says European Medicines Agency

In January, drug regulators in France pulled a contraceptive by Bayer, called Diane 35, off the market because it was purported to cause blood clots and strokes.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Birth Control, Food and Drug Administration, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic)

Yesterday | WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Rockford students raise stroke awareness

Rockford, Mich- Did you know that 80% of strokes are preventable? Most often a stroke occurs when blood can't get to the brain because it is blocked by a clot.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Rockford, MI

Fri May 17, 2013

The Billings Outpost

Survivor warns about stroke

Don "Babe" Weinberger and his wife, Eloise, wish they had known then what they know now: how to recognize a stroke.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Fort Peck, MT

Thu May 16, 2013

WBNS

Robot Allows Doctors To Treat Stroke Patients From Miles Away

When you walk inside the emergency room at Memorial Hospital of Union County, doctors and nurses are not the only ones making rounds.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Science / Technology, Robots, Union County, OH, Nursing, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

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Strain of caring for stroke sufferers

Seven in 10 carers of stroke sufferers experience anxiety, 85 per cent are frustrated and 60 per cent are stressed.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Berkshire County, England, United Kingdom

ABC News

Fewer Australians now suffer strokes

New research shows the rate of Australians suffering from strokes has declined over the past two decades, despite an ageing population and rising obesity rate.

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Related Topix: Health

Wed May 15, 2013

The Pleasantville Daily Voice

Struck by Stroke: Act FAST

When a stroke hits, the clock starts ticking: If patients get the right treatment within the next few hours, it can make all the difference in their chances for recovery, says Dr.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Newms360.com

Baptist Hospital urges stroke awareness

Stroke is the No. 3 killer of Americans behind cancer in all forms and heart disease.

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Related Topix: African-American

Circulation

Immunohistochemical Analysis of Thrombi Retrieved During Treatment of ...

From the Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ; Department of Radiology, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, India ; Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ; and Department of Neurology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany .

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Related Topix: World News, Germany, India, Medicine, Health

KAAL-TV Austin

Medical Edge: Aspirin Benefit

Mayo Clinic cardiologist Dr. Stephen Kopecky says a daily dose of 81 milligrams of aspirinone baby aspirin - reduces the risk of heart attack for men and stroke for women.

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Related Topix: Aspirin (generic), Bayer, Alka-Seltzer, Heart Attack

Tue May 14, 2013

The East Tennessean

Don't get burned at the beach this summer

It is important to know the causes and treatments for conditions such as sunburn, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke, because symptoms can escalate to a possible life-threatening situation.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Skin Cancer, Cancer, Inflammation

Beach Metro Community News

Beacher the face of Ride for Heart

Matt Fleming says cycling the Gardiner and Don Valley Parkway for the Heart and Stroke Foundation isn't a race - it's a joyride.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Rehab Management

NIH Grant To Support Novel Stroke Treatment Research

In a recent news release, the University of Kentucky announced that the National Institutes of Health has provided a research grant to Gregory Bix, MD, PhD, Paul G. Blazer J. Professor of Stroke Research in the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the UK departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Neurology, to further to the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, University of Kentucky

Detroit News

African-Americans need education on stroke response, U-M study finds

African-Americans know the signs of stroke but more interventions are needed to get them to call 911 since they are unfamiliar with the need to get immediate medical care to avoid death and disability, according to a University of Michigan study published Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Health, African-American

Newswise

University of Maryland Medical Center Launches Genetic-Testing Program for Cardiac Stent Patients

May 14, 2013. Patients with coronary artery disease who undergo treatment at the University of Maryland Medical Center now can receive long-term therapy based on information found in their genes.

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Related Topix: Genetics, Medicine, Health, Heart Disease, Plavix, Clopidogrel (generic), Pharmacology

Mon May 13, 2013

FiveThirtyEight

Well: My Stroke of Luck

Twenty-two months ago, I interrupted my nonstop reporting about paths toward a sustainable future for our species to focus on sustaining myself.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Neurology, Aspirin (generic), Bayer, Alka-Seltzer, Fitness, Yoga, Chiropractic

WAFF-TV Huntsville

May is stroke month

Stephen Schneider, 31, doesn't look old enough to be a stroke survivor, but he is.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Health.com

How to Quickly Spot Signs of Stroke: Experts

Sudden numbness or weakness in the face, arms or legs on one side of the body, confusion and trouble speaking are among the signs that someone is having a stroke.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Columbia University

The Guardian

Putting those unused gears into action

Recently, my six-year-old granddaughter got her first "big girl" bike - a special day and huge cause for celebration! The celebration wasn't only on the part of the bike's recipient.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Kids, Family

SILive.com

Staten Island's Richmond University Medical Center offers free stroke screenings

As a designated stroke center, RUMC employs a dedicated stroke team consisting of physicians, nurses, clinicians and administrators who work to improve a stroke patient'A A s care and outcomes.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Staten-Island, NY, New York, NY, Nursing