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Items 721 through 730 of 1001 items:

721. Robots Help Rehabilitate Stroke Patients
http://cbs2chicago.com/health/local_story_132164233.html

2005-05-12 18:13:05
Description: Robots Help Rehabilitate Stroke Patients VIDEO: Mary Ann Childers reports. May 12, 2005 3:41 pm US/Central CHICAGO (CBS 2) Doctors have learned that stroke patients can often regain lost movement over time through repetitive task therapy, but what if a robot could help? Tom Sugar's lab looks like a movie special effects set. There are motorized contraptions everywhere. "The goal of our lab is to develop innovative robots that could be worn by people," Sugar said. People like stroke survivor, Bruce Mitchell. "At least with the use of the device at home, it's something that I can use at my own leisure. It's something that I can do more than once, less than once sort of thing," Mitchell said.

722. Abdominal fat tied to higher stroke risk
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2005-05-10T151323Z_01_B3724
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2005-05-10 12:15:02
Description: Abdominal fat tied to higher stroke risk Tue May 10, 2005 4:14 PM BST Printer Friendly | Email Article | RSS By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who carry most of their fat in the belt area may be at increased risk of suffering a fatal stroke, new research suggests. Excess weight and obesity are established risk factors for heart disease and stroke, but the new study adds to evidence that the location of the extra pounds may be a key factor. The study, which followed more than 9,100 Israeli men for 23 years, found that those who carried their excess fat mainly around the middle were at greater risk of dying from a stroke than those with more evenly distributed fat stores. The effect of abdominal fat on stroke risk was seen regardless of a man's body mass index (BMI), a measure of weight that takes a person's height into account.

723. A look at trends in metabolic syndrome
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/11590445.htm

2005-05-07 12:07:34
Description: A look at trends in metabolic syndrome Associated Press SURGING SYNDROME: New figures show that $4 of every $10 spent on prescriptions for American adults is going toward treating metabolic syndrome. WHAT IT IS: A disorder in which the body no longer uses insulin efficiently. People with metabolic syndrome are fat around the middle and have two or more related conditions, such as high blood pressure, high blood sugar and abnormal cholesterol levels. THE DANGER: Metabolic syndrome sharply raises the risk of dying of a heart attack or stroke. WHAT'S NEXT: Medical groups are pushing for family doctors to be more aggressive in testing patients for metabolic syndrome and starting treatment early.

724. Stroke Drug Still Meets Resistance from Doctors Wary of Its Risks ...
http://www.pharmalive.com/News/index.cfm?articleid=237147&categoryid=40

2005-05-06 09:17:19
Description: Stroke Drug Still Meets Resistance from Doctors Wary of Its Risks, University of Michigan Stroke Program Study Finds ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 06, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- Forty percent of emergency physicians say they're unlikely to give stroke patients the only FDA-approved drug shown to improve their prognosis, even in an ideal setting, mostly because of the fear of causing brain bleeding. But the majority of the doctors surveyed said that if they had appropriate backup from neurologists and a brain scanner available to help them diagnose and treat appropriate patients, they'd give the drug, called tPA. And if the risk of bleeding associated with tPA could be reduced, more physicians said they'd use it.

725. Stroke Drug Showing Success in Studies, Maker Says
http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=3300323

2005-05-04 15:14:36
Description: Mid-stage clinical trials of the anti-stroke medication Cerovive show the drug is showing some success in treating post-stroke disabilities, drugmaker AstraZeneca tells the Associated Press. On a scale of mental function called the Rankin test, the drug showed improvement compared with study participants who took a placebo, the company said. However, there was no significant improvement compared to placebo when measured using a similar test developed by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the wire service reported. The trial involved some 1,700 patients.

726. African Americans have high stroke risk
http://www.mydna.com/health/heart/news/resources/news/200504/news_20050429_aacva.html

2005-04-29 18:06:12
Description: There are many faces of stroke. This year, 700,000 Americans of all ages, genders and ethnicities will have a new or recurrent stroke. There were 1,262 deaths from stroke in West Virginia in 2001. But African Americans are at particularly high risk. Nearly one-fourth (23%) of stroke deaths among African Americans in West Virginia in 2001 occurred prematurely, or before the age of 65; among whites, only 10% of stroke deaths were premature.

727. Robotic arm will help stroke survivors
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=9533

2005-04-26 18:15:35
Description: ► A robotic arm that can be worn at home is being developed to help stroke survivors regain the ability to reach and grasp objects and perform basic tasks such as feed themselves. The device, built by a research team, led by biomedical engineer Jiping He, Ph.D., and his colleagues at Arizona State University and Kinetic Muscles, Inc., a start up biotech company, can also assess the effectiveness of the physical therapy so adjustments can be made to the regimen if necessary. He will present a paper on the robotic arm this summer at the 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics in Chicago.

728. Benedict's age, health prompt concern
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/world/11443615.htm

2005-04-20 15:10:57
Description: Pope predicted a short reign to cardinals NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI predicted a "short reign" in comments to cardinals just after his election, and his brother said Wednesday he was worried about the stress the job would put on the 78-year-old pontiff. Joseph Ratzinger has had ailments in the past, including a 1991 hemorrhagic stroke, that raise questions about how long his papacy will last - and whether the world will watch another pope slowly succumb to age and ailments on a very public stage. Benedict was the oldest pontiff elected in 275 years.

729. New drug class may be better than aspirin
http://www.newz.in/large35.asp?catid=22&number=4576

2005-04-20 09:16:46
Description: researchers said a new class of drugs they developed may be more effective and safer than aspirin at preventing deadly blood clots. The new drug class, called PI 3-kinase inhibitors, may prove useful for in treating heart attack and stroke patients as those conditions can be caused by blood clots, said researchers from Monash University and Cerylid Biosciences Ltd., both in Melbourne.

730. Non-prescription pain relievers questioned
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050419/1007891.asp

2005-04-19 09:19:29
Description: ANAHEIM, Calif. - With prescription drugs Vioxx and Bextra already pulled from the market, a study has raised disturbing questions about the heart safety of long-term use of over-the-counter pain relievers such as Advil, Motrin and Aleve. Smokers in Norway who took such drugs for at least six months had twice the risk of dying of a heart attack, stroke or other heart-related problem.