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Stroke News
Friday, July 27th, 2012
Plosone.org: 7/20/12. Delay in calling emergency medical services following stroke limits access to early treatment that can reduce disability. Emergency medical services contact is mostly initiated by stroke witnesses (often relatives), rather than stroke patients. This study explored appraisal and behavioural factors that are potentially important in influencing witness behaviour in response to stroke. Read More
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Stroke News
Friday, July 27th, 2012
Stroke.ahajournals.org: 7/19/12. Stroke has fallen from the second to the fourth leading cause of death in the United States without large declines in stroke incidence or case fatality. We explored whether this decline may be attributable to changes in mortality attribution methodology. Read More
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Stroke News
Friday, July 27th, 2012
Stroke.ahajournals.org: 7/19/12. Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is the second most common cause of stroke and accounts for 8% to 15% of strokes in Western societies with an estimated incidence of 10 to 25 per 100 000 persons.1–3 Despite advances in the field of stroke and neurocritical care,4 the 30-day mortality has not changed significantly over the past 20 […]
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Stroke News
Friday, July 27th, 2012
Onlinelibrary.wiley.com: 7/13/12. To explore how a stroke or a transient ischemic attack affects quality of life and to identify gender differences. Background. The negative effect of a stroke on the patients’ quality of life has previously been studied, while the effect on patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA) is more unknown, especially in relation to gender. […]
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Stroke News
Friday, July 27th, 2012
Brn.sagepub.com: 4/23/12. Informal caregivers of stroke survivors experience elevated chronic stress and are at risk of developing depressive symptoms. The cumulative effects of chronic stress can increase allostatic load and dysregulate biological processes, thus increasing risk of stress-related disease. Stress-induced alterations in the pattern of cortisol secretion vary with respect to stressor onset, intensity, and […]
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Diabetes News
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
If you drink, diabetes association recommends having a snack at the same time. Healthfinder.gov: By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter 7/23/12. FRIDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) — People who have certain chronic medical conditions, such as type 1 diabetes, are even more susceptible than most to the ill effects of alcohol, though they may not be aware of how […]
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Diabetes News
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
Tde.sagepub.com: 7/18/12. Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between body image, health beliefs, and health behavior in patients with diabetes classified according to body mass index (BMI). Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in a community hospital between January and April 2010. One-hundred-sixty-eight patients with diabetes were enrolled. Main measure was the previously published […]
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Diabetes News
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
Psycnet.apa.org: 7/9/12. Objective: Previous research has suggested that childhood emotional abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse are associated with an increased risk for ischemic heart disease. Our objective was to examine whether childhood abuse predicted incident metabolic syndrome, a precursor to heart disease, in midlife women. Methods: Participants were 342 (114 Black, 228 White) women from […]
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Diabetes News
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
Ajcn.org: July 3, 2012. Dairy product intake may be inversely associated with risk of type 2 diabetes, but the evidence is inconclusive for total dairy products and sparse for types of dairy products. Objective: The objective was to investigate the prospective association of total dairy products and different dairy subtypes with incidence of diabetes in populations with […]
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Diabetes News
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
Care.diabetesjournals.org: May 17, 2012. Older people with type 2 diabetes are at high risk of mobility disability. We investigated the association of diabetes with lower-limb muscle mass and muscle quality to verify whether diabetes-related muscle impairments mediate the association between diabetes and low walking speed. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We performed a cross-sectional analysis of 835 participants […]
