According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a number of factors can put people at higher risk for a stroke.
While medical conditions can increase that risk, lifestyle factors play a role as well.
For example, use of birth control pills can increase the risk of blood clots that lead to stroke – as can pregnancy itself.
But a number of studies show that pills with the synthetic hormone drospirenone ...
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Researchers in Bolivia have announced that rats injected with stem cells recovered from strokes more quickly, and their findings have potential for treating human stroke victims.
According to a BBC story, current best practice for stroke treatment is to treat many patients with “clot-busting” drugs in the first hour after a stroke has taken place, commonly referred to as the “golden hour.”
The most common types of strokes are caused by a ...
continue reading...The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued the first-ever guidelines for children between the ages of 8 and 10 with type 2 diabetes. A CBS News story says the organization took that step partially in response to the growing epidemic of childhood obesity, which puts children at greater risk of the condition.
Type 2 diabetes is characterized by an inability to produce or properly use insulin — a hormone needed to convert food into energy. It’s long been associated with an ...
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Johnson & Johnson appointed Andrew Ekdahl to head its orthopaedics division in 2011, a year after the company recalled its ASR artificial hip joints following thousands of complaints that they caused debilitating injuries.
According to the New York Times, the company had billed Ekdahl’s appointment as a fresh start.
The Times reports that Ekdahl had supervised the device’s introduction in the United ...
continue reading...While it’s impossible to predict exactly who will suffer a stroke, medical experts have identified a number of risk factors.
Among them are use of alcohol or tobacco, long periods of physical inactivity, pregnancy and use of birth control pills. Although all birth control pills can increase the risk of blood clots that trigger strokes, a number of studies indicate that pills with the compound drospirenone can read more.... --> continue reading...
A story in The Telegraph says British members of parliament are calling for a criminal investigation into DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of Johnson & Johnson that manufactured “metal-on-metal” hip implants.
A Telegraph investigation found that DePuy continued to market the implants, which feature both a ball and socket coated in metal, after a leading British surgeon warned a company executive that they were causing read more.... --> continue reading...
