by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain The more people smoke, the worse they perform on cognitive tests, regardless of other health conditions known to affect cognition, according to preliminary research among adults aged 60 and older presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2022. While smoking, high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes...
by New York University An illustration of the pain signaling pathway elicited by CGRP. CGRP activates the CGPR receptor on Schwann cells. The CGPR receptor traffics to endosomes, where sustained signaling results in the release of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide targets ion channel TRPA1 in Schwann cells, which excites the neuron and transmits pain signals...
by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain Among younger adults who had a previous stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA) and were later hospitalized for any cause, recurrent stroke was far more likely among patients with cannabis use disorder, according to preliminary research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2022....
by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain In an international registry, patients with clot-caused strokes (ischemic) treated with the newer generation single injection clot-busting medication tenecteplase had half as many serious complications involving bleeding into the brain compared to people who received the standard medication alteplase, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke...
by Children’s Hospital Boston Beta cells (green) produce the hormone insulin. Raised levels of micro RNA 200 are harmful. Credit: Masur / Wikimedia Commons A central feature of type 1 diabetes is loss of the pancreatic beta cells that make insulin. Researchers led by Paolo Fiorina, MD, Ph.D., of Boston Children’s Hospital and Francesca D’Addio,...
by American Heart Association Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain High blood pressure among younger adults, ages 20-40 years, appears to be linked to brain changes in midlife (average age 55) that may increase risk for later cognitive decline, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2022. According to...
by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain While fewer people older than age 75 are having strokes, the incidence of stroke among adults ages 49 and younger in the U.S. has continued to increase over the last 30 years, particularly among people living in the South and Midwest regions, according to preliminary research to be...
by American Heart Association Transmission electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerging from human cells. Credit: NIAID The risk of stroke among older adults diagnosed with COVID-19 was highest within the first three days of diagnosis, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2022. “Stroke following...
by Michele W. Berger, University of Pennsylvania Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the United States, mortality is rising, with more deaths than ever attributable to alcohol and drug poisoning and to suicide, in conjunction with increasing rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Yet many other wealthy nations have seen rates of these so-called “deaths...
by University College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Children and adolescents who stammer report elevated symptoms of anxiety compared with non-stammering peers, according to a new review of evidence led by UCL researchers. The study, published in the Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research and also involving the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, combined and...
