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Number of known stroke risk genes tripled
An international team of researchers has identified 22 new genetic risk factors for stroke, tripling the number of genes known to increase stroke risk.
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Building new blood vessels after a heart attackUniversity of Leeds | Dr Sreenivasan Ponnambalam
Most heart attacks occur when the coronary arteries, which supply heart muscle with oxygen-rich blood, become narrowed by a gradual build-up of fatty material within their walls. If a piece of fatty material (atheroma) breaks apart it may c...
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Using allopurinol to improve the outcome for stroke patients in the UKUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Jesse Dawson
Stroke causes more than 41,000 deaths in the UK each year. There are around 152,000 strokes in the UK each year and nearly 1.2 million people living in the UK have had a stroke. These people are at high risk of another stroke, and also of a...
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Statins reduce stroke risk in older people, suggests study
A French study, published in The BMJ, that followed almost 7,500 healthy people over 65 suggests that statins reduce stroke risk in this population by 30 per cent. We comment on the findings here.
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Blood pressure variability could predict heart attack and stroke
Changes to blood pressure over time could be used to identify patients at greatest risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a study led by researchers at Imperial College London and published in the European Heart Journal on the 31st January.
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Dealing with panic attacks after a health problem
Panic attacks can feel a lot like heart attacks, and can feel very frightening. Katherine Woods gets advice from an expert on how to deal with panic attacks after a health problem.
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A clinical trial testing if aspirin prevents heart attacks and strokes in people with chronic kidney diseaseUniversity of Southampton | Dr Hugh Gallagher
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common, particularly in the elderly. In some cases, it can advance into life-threatening kidney problems. But the greatest health threat to most people with CKD is that it significantly increases their risk o...
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Searching for new treatments to prevent repeat heart attacks or strokesUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Robert Storey
Supervised by Professor Robert Storey, a Clinical Research Training Fellow is studying how to prevent a further heart attack or stroke in people who have already had a heart attack. Platelets are small circulating cells within the blood t...
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Improving heart repair after a heart attackNewcastle University | Professor Helen M Arthur
A heart attack happens when there is a blockage in one of the coronary arteries which supply blood to the heart. It’s vital to quickly restore blood flow to limit the damage this causes, but doing so can itself sometimes cause further damag...
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How blood factors work together to prevent clottingImperial College London | Dr Josefin Ahnstrom
Dr Josefin Ahnstrom and colleagues at Imperial College London have been awarded a 3-year grant to investigate the components that prevent blood from clotting, including Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor (TFPI), protein S and factor V. They ai...