News tagged with 'Stroke'

While others were inside a Tampa church praying, a three-year-old child was left inside an SUV on Sunday. The investigation is ongoing, but it appears to be an accident...

Marvin Cohen, 80, said the Tower of Terror ride did not adequately warn him of the dangers of the Orlando attraction. He blamed a tear in his artery and his subsequent debilitating stroke on the sudden drops. An Orange County jury has rejected his claim.

Plavix may not be effectively metabolized by up to 14 percent of users making the blockbuster anti-clot drug useless and putting patients at an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. The FDA will require a black box warning on the drug, the most severe warning the FDA can require.

Zetia did not do as well in reducing plaque in the artery wall of the neck as the simple B vitamin, niacin, in this published study, which was curtailed early because of the results.

Baby Boomers are fast becoming the elders of our time, but the rates of disability among people in their 60s exceeded those in their 70s and 80s, a disturbing trend that is blamed, in part, on obesity.

Yaz and Yasmin oral contraceptives are generating so many lawsuits that the state of New Jersey is considering consolidating them into a class action.

More than 200 patients who went in for a CT scan to diagnose stroke at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles received more than eight times the dose of radiation. The FDA has issued a warning for other hospital that override the General Electric machine settings.

The gold standard blood-thinners, used for heart attack and stroke, may be rivaled by an experimental drug, Brilinta, which causes less bleeding and increases the chance of survival.

A new study in the journal Stroke suggests Women who are otherwise healthy but suffer from feelings of hopelessness are at a higher risk of suffering a stroke.

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for investor fraud lawsuits to continue against Merck over painkiller, Vioxx.   Merck had argued that the statute of limitations expired. The high court will have to determine when you actually start the clock on the two-year statute of limitations. 

The numbers are astonishing and about 40 percent more than previously thought. More than 5 million live with some paralysis and are fighting with not only their condition but frequently with access to resources, jobs, insurance, and rehabilitation, making this a civil rights issue says the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.  

University of Texas Health Science Center researchers have identified a common genetic variant found in millions of people that leads to an increase in stroke risk.

Think it couldn't happen to you?  Think again. Postal workers and rocket scientists have inadvertently left behind their child strapped in the back seat of a car.  Death by hyperthemia or heat stroke takes at least 15 to 25 children a year. As the weather heats up, this Washington Post article is a "must read" on how it can so easily happen and what you can do to prevent Fatal Distraction.  

The FDA is issuing its third alert concerning over-the-counter weight loss products that contain prescription ingredients. A diuretic, anti-seizure, and prescription-only appetite supressant have been found in these OTC drugs the FDA wants taken off the market. 

While U.S. litigation against Merck over the drug Vioxx is winding down, in Canada it's heating up. A Saskatchewan class action cannot be established says a three judge panel, but Ontario says this action means the more than one million Canadians, who allege harm from Vioxx, can join in one national class action.