News tagged with 'Stroke Drugs'

The patient was a 35-year-old apparently healthy and nonsmoking woman.  But she showed signs of a stroke – her speech was slurred and the left side of her face became weak. Her symptoms began minutes after having intercourse. Turns out she had a defect in the heart which predisposed her to stroke. One in four people may have an undiagnosed hole in the heart.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a division of the National Institutes of Health, found that few eligible stroke patients are receiving potentially life-saving treatments. NINDS director Gerald Fischback, MD is disappointed that almost five years after one of the organization's clini

Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have recently discovered molecules that could prevent brain damage that often occurs with strokes. Scientists have discovered a protein in mice called plasma fibronectin that actually guards brain cells during an ischemic stroke. When an ischemic stroke occurs, the brain doe

TPA, a drug used to break up clots in stroke victims, can be a wonderful, life-saving treatment, but it should be used with caution. In fact, two new studies point out that only those doctors who are most skilled in administering TPA should do so. TPA is a complex drug that must be given to stroke victims within three

Telemedicine is becoming increasingly popular in the United States, and one of the newest forms of this technology can be found in ambulances. Having diagnostic-quality video images, monitors, video cameras, and cell phones connected from the ambulance to the hospital may save many lives, especially those of stroke vi