Stroke Health information topics about Stroke: Anatomy/Physiology 1. Atlas of the Body: The Brain--Effects of Stroke American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ0ZFP46JC&sub_... Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Cerebrovascular Disorders National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D002561&recruiting... 2. Stroke Trials Directory Washington University, School of Medicine http://www.strokecenter.org/trials/ 3. ClinicalTrials.gov: Endarterectomy, Carotid National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=carotid+endarterectomy&recrui... 4. ClinicalTrials.gov: Cerebrovascular Accident National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D020521&recruiting... 5. ClinicalTrials.gov: Carotid Stenosis National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D016893&recruiting... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Ultrasound: Vascular American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/ultrasound-vascular.htm 2. What You Need to Know about Your Angiography Test Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0100/0147.asp?index=... 3. What Is a Stroke? American Society of Neuroradiology http://www.asnr.org/patientinfo/conditions/Stroke.pdf 4. Stroke Risk Factors and Symptoms National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/stroke_bookmark.htm 5. Stroke Diagnosis Washington University, School of Medicine http://www.strokecenter.org/pat/diagnosis/index.htm 6. Functional MR Imaging (fMRI): Brain American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/functional_mr.htm Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Glossary of Neurosurgical Terms American Association of Neurological Surgeons http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/glossary.asp Directories 1. Find a Board-Certified Neurosurgeon American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/findaneuro/ 2. Find a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation http://www.e-aapmr.org/imis/imisonline/findphys/find.cfm Genetics 1. Genetics Home Reference: CADASIL National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=cadasil Health Check Tools 1. Are You at Risk for Heart Disease or Stroke? National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/tools/heart/quiz.cfm 2. What's Your Stroke Risk? Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention http://www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu/hccpquiz.pl?func=start&quiz=stroke Men 1. What Do You Know about Men's Health? Heart Di National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/mens/men.cfm?page=115&mtitle=Heart%20Disease%20and%20... National Institutes of Health 1. Stroke National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/stroke.htm 2. Stroke: Hope through Research National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/detail_stroke.htm 3. Know Stroke. Know the Signs. Act in Time. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/knowstroke.htm Newsletters/Print Publications 1. Stroke Connection Magazine American Stroke Association http://www.strokeassociation.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2533 Organizations 1. American Stroke Association http://www.strokeassociation.org/ 2. American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000 3. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and S http://www.ninds.nih.gov/ 4. National Stroke Association http://www.stroke.org/ Overviews 1. Stroke National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/faq/stroke.htm 2. Understanding Stroke Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0900/0992.asp?index=... Prevention/Screening 1. Reducing Your Risk of Stroke: Donâ??t Wait f American College of Physicians, American Heart Association http://www.doctorsforadults.com/images/healthpdfs/stroke.pdf 2. Questions and Answers about Carotid Endarterectomy National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/carotid_endarterectomy_background... 3. Pulse Check: The Importance of Self-Screening for Women's Heart Foundation http://www.womensheartfoundation.org/content/Stroke/pulse_check.asp 4. Brain Basics: Preventing Stroke National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/preventing_stroke.htm 5. Atherectomy American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4433 Rehabilitation/Recovery 1. Recovering from Stroke American Occupational Therapy Association http://www.aota.org/featured/area6/links/link02aa.asp 2. Post-Stroke Rehabilitation National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/poststrokerehab.htm Related Issues 1. Stroke Effects American Stroke Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4761 2. Sexual Activity and Heart Disease or Stroke American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4714 3. Make the Link! Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Stroke American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/main/uedocuments/Factsheet23Link.pdf 4. Life After Stroke: Survivor and Caregiver National Stroke Association http://www.stroke.org/HomePage.aspx?P=aa6250b72aa94c3bb9588ed374ba7774 5. Depression and Stroke National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depstroke.cfm 6. Can I Drive After a Stroke? American Stroke Association http://www.strokeassociation.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3005465 7. Adapting the Home After a Stroke Washington University, School of Medicine http://www.strokecenter.org/pat/ot/index.htm Research 1. Brain Imaging May Identify High Risk Stroke Patien National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/news_article_stroke_... 2. Clot-Busting Therapy Helps Stroke Victims American Academy of Neurology http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/full/64/2/E1 3. Randomized Trial of Low-Dose Aspirin in the Primar American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3029340 4. Ultrasound-Aided Therapy Better Than Stroke Drug A National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/nov2004/ninds-17.htm 5. Preconditioning the Brain May Protect against Stro National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/news_article_stroke_... 6. Blacks in the South Have Greater Risk of Dying fro American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3028569 7. Baked or Broiled Fish May Help Reduce the Risk of American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ5P1YVH4E&sub_... 8. Aspirin Is Safer Than Warfarin and Just As Effecti National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2005/ninds-30.htm 9. Alcohol and the Risk for Stroke in Men American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/142/1/I-24 Specific Conditions 1. Intracerebral Hemorrhage Washington University, School of Medicine http://www.strokecenter.org/pat/ich.htm 2. Bowhunter's Stroke Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00291 3. JAMA Patient Page: Hemorrhagic Stroke American Medical Association http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/292/15/1916 4. Wallenberg's Syndrome National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/wallenbergs/wallenbergs.htm 5. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Washington University, School of Medicine http://www.strokecenter.org/pat/sah.htm 6. Spasticity and Paralysis National Stroke Association http://www.stroke.org/HomePage.aspx?P=7c6a826259c347359cb6a43368ec664d 7. Spinal Cord Infarction National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/spinal_infarction/spinal_infarction.htm Statistics 1. Stroke National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/cvh/library/fs_stroke.htm 2. New Stats Show Heart Disease Still America's American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3018015 3. Heart Disease and Stroke Maps National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/giscvh/(1yuitx45dju3yt45zdgxg555)/default.aspx 4. FASTATS: Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/stroke.htm Treatment 1. Aspirin and Cardiovascular Disease UpToDate http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=hrt_dis/2908 2. Brain Attack: A Look at Stroke Prevention and Trea Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2005/205_stroke.html 3. Common Symptoms and Treatment National Stroke Association http://www.stroke.org/HomePage.aspx?P=5658967958675986798556 4. Stroke Prevention & Treatments Society of Interventional Radiology http://www.sirweb.org/patPub/strokeTreatments.shtml 5. Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA) American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4751 6. What Are Anticoagulants and Antiplatelet Agents? American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/110080494410839%20WhatAreAn... Women 1. Heart Disease and Stroke National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/pub/steps/Heart_Stroke.htm   Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. American Red Cross Statement On Compression-Only CPR 29 Jul 2010 at 5:00am "Articles published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) cite a pair of studies on Compression-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), sometimes called continuous chest compressions, Hands-Only CPR, or cardio cerebral resuscitation (CCR). "These articles validate the American Red Cross guidance on Compression-Only CPR... Statement From American Heart Association President Ralph Sacco, M.D. On Sena... 29 Jul 2010 at 5:00am The $1 billion increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) approved by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee is a much needed boost to heart disease and stroke research and a welcome source of revenue for the research community in this challenging fiscal environment... Millions Of Americans In Early Stages Of Kidney Disease Need Stroke Monitoring 29 Jul 2010 at 3:00am Millions of Americans in the early stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at an increased risk of having atrial fibrillation (AF) - a major risk factor for stroke - according to new research by investigators at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center... Trophos Publishes The Identification And Characterization Of The Novel Cardio... 29 Jul 2010 at 3:00am Trophos SA a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics from discovery to clinical validation for indications with under-served needs in neurology and cardiology, announcedthat a publication entitled "TRO40303 (3,5-seco-4-nor-cholestan-5-one oxime-3-ol), a new cardioprotective compound, inhibits mitochondrial permeability transition" was published ... Transporting Patients Directly To PCI-Capable Hospitals Best Strategy For Tre... 28 Jul 2010 at 12:00pm To improve emergency care for heart attack patients, new research suggests that expanding percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) capacity at hospitals is less effective than using emergency medical services (EMS) to transport patients directly to existing PCI centers... Insurers Test At-Home Technology, Monitoring Devices To Help Cut Heart Failur... 28 Jul 2010 at 6:00am The Wall Street Journal: "Technology that aims to keep congestive heart failure patients out of the hospital is gaining traction. The idea is for heart patients to take readings like their weight, blood pressure and other key metrics using wireless and other technologies; the data are then transmitted to a case manager or medical care giver... New Approach In Early Detection Of Atherosclerotic Changes In Vascular Systems 28 Jul 2010 at 5:00am Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease are the major causes of death in the world. Atherosclerotic plaque, the narrowing of blood vessels, causes audible turbulence in the bloodstream. Standard and electronic stethoscopes are designed to listen to heart and lung signals between 10-300 Hz... The Methodist Hospital Opens Country's Most Advanced Robotic Operating Room 27 Jul 2010 at 7:00am The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center opened the country's most advanced hybrid, robotic operating room. The new suite integrates advanced robotics, imaging and navigation with surgery to offer patients the least invasive and safest surgical and interventional treatments for cardiovascular disease... Cerenis Therapeutics And Novasep Awarded 10.7M Euros Funding From The French ... 27 Jul 2010 at 7:00am Cerenis Therapeutics SA (Cerenis), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel high-density lipoprotein (HDL) therapies to treat cardiovascular and other metabolic diseases, and Groupe Novasep (Novasep), a leading supplier of manufacturing solutions to the life sciences industries, announce today that they have received French Government funding through OSEO to finance the dev... Three Classification Tools To Diagnose Heart Problems 27 Jul 2010 at 7:00am A statistical analysis of publicly available heart rate data using three classification tools - Random Forests, Logistic Model Tree and Neural Network - could lead to a rapid and precise way to diagnose heart problems, according to research in the International Journal of Electronic Healthcare... Performance Intervention At Outpatient Cardiology Practices Improves Heart Fa... 27 Jul 2010 at 4:00am A study led by UCLA tested a new performance intervention to help improve adherence to national guideline-recommended therapies for heart failure patients in an outpatient setting. Heart failure is a chronic, progressive disease that impacts millions and results in substantial morbidity, mortality and the use of significant healthcare resources and costs... Surgery Or Stenting For Carotid Artery Disease? Question Remains 27 Jul 2010 at 3:00am A review of scientific studies that compares two treatments for preventing strokes due carotid artery disease provides no clear answer on which treatment is better, a UT Southwestern Medical Center physician reports in an editorial in today's issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine... Preventing Heart Problems While Keeping A Cool Head 27 Jul 2010 at 3:00am Max Planck researchers explain the cause of the flushing effect arising from cholesterol treatment with nicotinic acid. Cholesterol influences the health of our hearts and blood vessels. Conventional treatment attempts to reduce the level of "bad" cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, in the blood plasma... Heart Bypass Does Not Impair Neurocognitive Function In Children With Less Co... 26 Jul 2010 at 3:00am School-aged children who undergo cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during surgery for less complicated congenital heart defects do not appear to suffer any impairments in neurocognitive abilities, such as intelligence, memory, motor skills and behavior... No Firm Conclusions About HDL Cholesterol Can Be Drawn From JUPITER Sub-analysis 25 Jul 2010 at 3:00am No firm conclusions about HDL cholesterol can be drawn from JUPITER sub-analysis Sophia Antipolis, 23 July 2010: The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is concerned that interpretations of a paper about cholesterol, published in the Lancet (1), could act to deter ongoing research efforts into developing new therapeutic strategies to increase high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol...