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Overweight teens are 80% more likely to suffer a stroke in adulthood
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 29 (ANI): Parents please take note! If your son becomes overweight during his teenage years then he is 80 percent more likely to have a stroke in adulthood, warns a study.
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New blood clot find could help stave off heart attacks, strokes
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 5 (ANI): A recent study has found that it may be possible to disrupt harmful blood clots in people at risk for heart attack or stroke without upping their risk of bleeding.
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New hope for stroke patients with disabilities
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], May 27 (ANI): Stroke patients left with disabilities have been offered new hope as scientists have developed mind-controlled device that helps them retrain brains to move paralyzed hands.
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Govt. to set up state cancer institutes costing Rs. 100 crore
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel on Thursday said the government has recently approved a scheme for enhancing Tertiary Care Cancer facilities in the country under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diab
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Hypertension in young adults ups stroke, kidney damage later in life
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 21 (ANI): A study has found that people aged between 18 to 49, with high systolic blood pressure over 140, are at greater risk of stroke, damage of kidneys and brain.
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Heart failure patients with stroke history risk facing depression
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 7 (ANI): A study has found that heart failure patients with a history of strokes are at a greater risk of depression, hospitalisation and death than those without such a history.
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Beware! Long-term aspirin use may not lower risk of stroke
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 7 (ANI): A study has found that long-term use of aspirin may not lower the risk of stroke in patients with abnormal heart rhythm, but increases their risk of gastrointestinal bleeding.
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Neural stimulation helps stroke, MS patients get back on their feet
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 11 (ANI): Stroke and multiple sclerosis (MS) patients can walk significantly better with the neural stimulation, according to a recent study.
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Stroke prevention lifestyle may reduce dementia risk in golden years
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 2 (ANI): Canadian researchers have found that adopting stroke prevention lifestyle may help in reducing incidence of dementia in older adults.
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Did you know! Unemployment is linked to 50 percent higher risk of death
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 30 (ANI): Keep working for a healthy body and longer life as a study finds that unemployment is linked to a 50 percent higher risk of death in patients with heart failure than history of diabetes or stroke.
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Beware! Consuming diet soda daily ups risk of dementia, stroke
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 21 (ANI): Watch it before you gulp that fizzy drink or sugary beverage as a study reveals that people who drink diet soda daily are three times more likely to develop stroke and dementia.
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Restriction in trans fats leads to healthier communities: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Apr. 15 (ANI): According to a new study, areas that restrict trans fats in foods see a lot fewer hospitilisations for heart attack and stroke compared to residents in areas without restrictions.
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