Clot-busting Drug Lowers Cost in Stroke Treatment

13 hours ago | Medindia Health

Tenecteplase, the newer-generation clot-busting medication fares better than the traditional treatment for ischemic strokes in key areas such as better health outcomes.
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Long-Term Neurologic Problems Rise by 7% After SARS-CoV-2 Infection

16 hours ago | MedPageToday

Risk of movement disorders, memory problems, strokes, and seizures rose 1 year after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, an analysis of millions of U.S. veterans' records...
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Oz releases health records to spotlight Fetterman's stroke

2 days ago | ABC News

The Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, Dr. Mehmet Oz, has released his health records as he maneuvers to keep questions about Democratic rival John Fetterman's...
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Newer-generation clot-busting drug outperforms traditional stroke treatment in many areas

2 days ago | News Medical

A newer-generation clot-busting drug called tenecteplase outperforms the traditional treatment for ischemic strokes in several key areas, including better health outcomes and...
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Orlando stroke patients tune into music during recovery

3 days ago | Orlando Sentinel | 2 articles

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra visited the Dr. Phillips Center this week to share a new twist in the long-established practice of music therapy.
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‘Major' sex differences in CVD presentations, hospitalization rates in ED

3 days ago | Healio

Data from a nationally representative sample of ED visits in the United States show persistent sex differences in the distribution of CVD presentations, hospitalization rates...
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Making Low-Dose tPA Work for Japanese DOAC Users With Ischemic Stroke

4 days ago | MedPageToday

Despite concerns about the potential bleeding risk, IV thrombolysis could be safely given to ischemic stroke patients within a day of direct oral anticoagulant therapy...
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Many children, adolescents with sickle cell anemia still do not receive recommended care

4 days ago | Healio | 2 articles

Despite the severe pain and mortality risk associated with sickle cell anemia, few children undergo the recommended screening and treatment for this condition and its...
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Children With Sickle Cell Anemia Not Getting Treatments, Screening

4 days ago | Medscape | 2 articles

Many children with sickle cell anemia are not being screened for stroke or receiving proper medication. MDedge News
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Older adults prescribed opioids at elevated risk for CV events, especially HF

4 days ago | Healio

Individuals aged 65 years or older who were prescribed opioids had increased risk for various CVD events, most prominently HF, researchers reported in ESC Heart...
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Green's form pressures Marsh, Stoinis to prove their World Cup fitness

Cameron Green's India exploits mean Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis will not want to put a single foot wrong in their returns from injury Read more ...

‘Huge wake-up call': Optus to offer credit monitoring as government...

In her first significant comments since the hack, the cybersecurity minister confirmed almost 3 million Optus customers had significant amounts of personal data stolen in last... Read more ...

Princess Mary filmed dancing at royal event

In a rare glimpse of her royal duties Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, has been filmed dancing at an official event with husband Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. Read more ...

Australian NFL rookie gets high praise after win

Former NFL MVP Lamar Jackson praised Australia's Daniel Faalele for stepping up when the team needed him. Read more ...

The Ocean Cleanup puts an end to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The 1.6 square kilometres of plastic pollution in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is being removed by The Ocean Cleanup. Read more ...

Kurt Fearnley appointed chair of NDIA

The new chair of the NDIA, former Paralympian Kurt Fearnley, says it is important for NDIS participants to see themselves in the scheme. Read more ...

Gentlemen Jim: neurologist, mentor and inspiration

‘Gentleman Jim' McLeod was a world authority in the fields of multiple sclerosis and disorders of peripheral nerves, and a mentor to generations of young medical professionals. Read more ...

Caddick hired document shredder after investigation launched, ASIC tells inquest

The regulator's lead investigator Isabella Allen, however, said she didn't believe Melissa Caddick was tipped off about their investigation into her Ponzi scheme. Read more ...

DNA lab staff raised concern about testing change, inquiry hears

A powerful public probe into the Queensland government's forensic lab has held its first public hearing after an interim report rocked the state's criminal justice system. Read more ...

What the West should learn from the protests in Iran

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, clearly believes that compromising on the regime's ideological pillars - including hijab - will only hasten its collapse. Read more ...