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41. Experts Say US Doctors Overtesting, Overtreating
http://www.wgal.com/wgalhealth/22818814/detail.html

2010-03-12 09:04:39
Description: Experts dispute how much routine cancer screening saves lives. It also sometimes detects cancers that are too slow-growing to cause harm, or has false-positive results leading to invasive but needless procedures -- and some risks. Treatment for prostate cancer that may be too slow-growing to be life-threatening can mean incontinence and impotence. Angiograms carry a slight risk for stroke or heart attack. Not all doctors and advocacy groups agree with the criticism of screening. Many argue that it can improve survival chances and that saving even a few lives is worth the cost of routinely testing tens of thousands of people.

42. Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given
http://www.maximumedge.com/cgi/news/article.cgi/20100310/D9EC2K3G0

2010-03-10 18:04:05
Description: A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests. The researchers said the findings suggest doctors must do better in determining which patients should be subjected to the cost and risks of an angiogram. The test carries a small but real risk - less than 1 percent - of causing a stroke or heart attack, and also entails radiation exposure.

43. Arm and leg pain
http://www.khsltv.com/guides/health/story/Arm-and-leg-pain/0OUCyFyEWke1EzW64oHC9Q.cspx

2010-03-09 15:03:19
Description: Arm and leg pain can be caused by many different conditions. If you experience sudden numbness in your arms or legs, especially if the numbness is on one side, you should have a medical exam immediately to rule out the possibility of a stroke.

44. Stroke Patients Already on Warfarin at Risk of Intracerebral Bleeding After tPA
http://www.tctmd.com/show.aspx?id=88996

2010-03-08 15:04:03
Description: Patients treated with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) for acute ischemic stroke may be at higher risk of intracerebral hemorrhage if they are already taking warfarin therapy, even if their clotting function is within normal parameters, according to a report published online March 8, 2010, ahead of print in the Archives of Neurology.

45. Ocular Shingles Linked to Increased Stroke Risk
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1831741/ocular_shingles_linked_to_increased_stroke_risk/

2010-03-04 09:07:58
Description: Having a shingles infection that affects the eyes may increase the risk of stroke, according to new research published in the March 3, 2010, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. For the study, researchers identified 658 people diagnosed with ocular shingles and 1974 without the infection. None of these people had a history of stroke at the beginning of the study. Ocular shingles is an infection of the eye and the skin around the eye caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. About 10 to 20 percent of all people with shingles have ocular shingles. During the one-year study, stroke developed in 8.1 percent of the people with shingles and 1.7 percent of the people without shingles. The study found people with shingles were four-and-a-half times more likely to have a stroke compared to people without shingles. The results were the same regardless of age, gender, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and medications.

46. Compelling Clinical Data Proves VitalStim Therapy Offers Relief from Dysphagia ...
http://californianewswire.com/2010/03/03/CNW6930_121851.php

2010-03-03 12:03:49
Description: VitalStim(R) Therapy is a patented-therapy process and equipment system developed specifically to treat dysphagia and patients with difficulty swallowing. And, it’s safe and effective. Developed by Marcy L. Freed, MA, CCC-SLP, in response to reports that approximately 15 million Americans live with dysphagia, VitalStim Therapy is a non-invasive, external electrical stimulation therapy cleared to market, in December 2002, by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). And, it’s the only Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) therapy that has received such FDA clearance for dysphagia.

47. CREST Clinical Trial Results Find That Carotid Artery Stenting is as Safe and ...
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/crest-clinical-trial-results-carotid-artery-stenting-safe-effective
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2010-03-02 15:03:26
Description: WALTHAM, Mass., March 2, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, recent preliminary results from the CREST (Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy versus Stenting Trial) will support growth in carotid stenting procedures of more than 10% over the next five years. The results were announced last week at the American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference 2010. Preliminary results from the CREST, which includes both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, found that carotid artery stenting, the minimally invasive treatment for carotid artery disease, is as safe and effective as surgical carotid endarterectomy. Carotid stenting was associated with a 7.2% rate of stroke, myocardial infarction, or death--the composite primary endpoint--compared to 6.8% for carotid endarterectomy. Positive clinical data released from CREST is consistent with MRG's recent forecast in US Markets for Peripheral Vascular Devices 2009 and will further reinforce carotid artery stenting as a viable treatment option for patients suffering from carotid artery disease. With positive clinical data supporting the demand for less invasive treatment options that offer shorter recovery times, carotid stenting volumes will grow to more than 50,000 by 2014.

48. Walgreens to Pay $33 Million in Deadly Prescription Mix-Up
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587762,00.html

2010-03-02 12:02:58
Description: Walgreens to Pay $33 Million in Deadly Prescription Mix-Up, An appeals court has upheld a decision on behalf of the family of a cancer patient who was given a wrong prescription at a Walgreens pharmacy, had a stroke and died several years later.

49. Intel's Maloney, possible CEO heir, suffers stroke
http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCATRE62059Z20100301

2010-03-01 18:04:05
Description: The co-head of Intel's Corp microchip architecture group, regarded as a potential successor to CEO Paul Otellini, suffered a stroke at home and will take several months' medical leave. Intel said on Monday Sean Maloney is expected to resume his regular duties after a period of recuperation thought to last several months. The prognosis for his full recovery is "excellent," it added.

50. Study: Unmarried Men More Likely To…
http://www.kljb.com/dpps/news/dpgoh-study-unmarried-men-more-likely-to-have-stroke-fc-20100301_63304
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2010-03-01 12:04:04
Description: Add having a happy marriage to the ways of avoiding a stroke. MedPage Today reported that an Israeli study showed that single men are more at risk of dying from a stroke than men who are happily married. Dr. Uri Goldbourt of Tel Aviv University announced at an American Stroke Association meeting in San Antonio, Texas, that men who were not married at the baseline of his study were 64 percent more likely to die from a stroke than married men. Men who considered their marriage unsuccessful were in just as much danger of having a fatal stroke.