Stroke News

The group, in collaboration with the Irish Heart Foundation, was launched last September and its first meetings were held at Our Lady's Hospital in Cashel.

People stopped by Crossgates Mall on Saturday for a few things, but left with so much more.

East Lothian pharmacies are joining the campaign to help people to recognise a stroke and act 'FAST' to save lives.

My setup is with the KBS Tour stiff steel shafts, 4i to PW. This is one of the sexiest irons on the market right now.

Dear Readers, A few weeks ago newspaper headlines called aspirin therapy into question.

CT Technologist Walter Ortiz changes the linens for the CT Scanner in between patients Friday, February 10, 2012, at San Antonio Community Hospital in Upland.

More than 5,000 northern York Region residents were hospitalized last year for heart-related ailments, while almost 1,000 residents were admitted for stroke-related illnesses, according to Jeanette Kopitoski, program co-ordinator, Person to Person campaign with Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario York Region North branch, which covers Aurora, ... (more)

Bayer and Almirall to co-promote anticoagulant Rivaroxaban in Spain Rivaroxaban an innovative oral anticoagulant developed by Bayer, is a new option for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation recently approved in Europe and the United States Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained cardiac rhythm disorder and affects more than 6 million ... (more)

For those lucky enough to make it to the hospital in time, this medication can reverse or prevent damage from a stroke while its happening.

The 14-person company is being acquired by Cytomedix, a small, publicly traded Maryland company that plans to continue development of Aldagen's most promising experimental drug - a treatment for stroke.

According to the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation, every seven minutes someone in Canada dies from heart disease or stroke.

Physicians at the Maywood, Ill-based Loyola University Medical Center report that the drug Coumadin may eventually be replaced by a new generation of blood-thinning drugs to treat atrial fibrillation patients at risk for stroke.

A singing telegram from the Bergthorson Academy of Music's two choirs not only has the potential to put one's significant other into a romantic mood, it will also benefit the Heart & Stroke Foundation.

As Valentine's Day approaches, one of Cupid's time-honoured ways to spread love is through heart-shaped boxes of chocolate.

Germany's largest drugmaker, Bayer AG, expects to obtain approval within two years from China to expand the uses for its anti-clotting drug Xarelto to include stroke prevention.

"If the community is aware of what the signs and symptoms of a stroke are then we can get the patient in much quicker," said SAMC Medical Director of Radiology Services Dr.

Walk your way to a healthier heart. Jim Agnew laces up his shoes as he prepares for a walk.

THE FATHER of X Factor star Ray Quinn has urged stroke victims to get themselves to hospital as quick as they can, after his own actions may have saved his life.

INDIGENOUS people who suffer a stroke are less likely to receive life-saving care than non-indigenous people treated in the same hospitals, a national audit has found.

An antiplatelet medication created by Boehringer Ingelheim is not affected when co-administered with a proton-pump inhibitor, according to results of a drug interaction study.