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Posted October 11, 2007
Fast Treatment of TIA Slashes Risk of Recurrent Stroke
Analysis of: Fast Treatment of TIA Slashes Risk of Recurrent Stroke | www.medpagetoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
One should consider stroke as a brain attack just as we consider a myocardial infarction a heart attack. Early therapy will protect the brain just as early therapy in heart disease may prevent a heart attack.
Posted October 11, 2007
FDA Panel Recommends Approval Of Medtronic Drug-Coated Stent
Analysis of: FDA Panel Recommends Approval Of Medtronic Drug-Coated Stent | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
1. ENDEVOR subscribes to cardiologist concerned about the saftey profile of Current DES sold in the US (Cypher and TAXUS). 2. ENDEAVOR seems to carry a higher rate of binary restenosis than Cypher, but may have a lower rate of late stent subacute thrombosis (SAT) than either Taxus or...
Posted October 11, 2007
Fast Treatment of TIA Slashes Risk of Recurrent Stroke
Analysis of: Fast Treatment of TIA Slashes Risk of Recurrent Stroke | www.medpagetoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
1) Prior research has shown that ~25% of patients presenting to the ER with new onset TIA's will return within the following 48 hours - ~10% with CVA, ~10% with MI & ~5% DOA. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/284/22/2901?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fullt...
Posted October 11, 2007
Fast Treatment of TIA Slashes Risk of Recurrent Stroke
Analysis of: Fast Treatment of TIA Slashes Risk of Recurrent Stroke | www.medpagetoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The news reported in the Medpage Today (9th October, 2007) is based on evidence-based findings in France and England. It suggests that the benefit of rapid treatment for TIA (transient ischemic attacks) patients is associated to a reduction of early recurrence of stroke by 80%.   The research...
Posted October 10, 2007
An Old Antibiotic Could Reduce Stroke Damage
Analysis of: An Old Antibiotic Could Reduce Stroke Damage | blogs.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Much larger studies are needed before one can say anything. Minocin is known to have antiinflammatory properties and this may be the reason it works. No one should begin using it until a much lager cohort of patients are studied.
Posted October 9, 2007
Ultrasound Drugs Face Black Box Warning
Analysis of: Ultrasound Drugs Face Black Box Warning | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Quoted from the article: "The drugs contain microscopic gas-filled spheres and are injected into the veins of patients before their hearts are examined with ultrasound. After a few minutes, the gas leaves the body. The drugs, known as contrast agents, sharpen the pictures of the heart during...
Posted October 8, 2007
An Old Antibiotic Could Reduce Stroke Damage
Analysis of: An Old Antibiotic Could Reduce Stroke Damage | blogs.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The news published in the 'Health Blog' section of the Wall Street Journal (2nd October, 2007) is showing promising findings of a research,  in which minocycline intake showed significant improvement in physical and mental impairments of stroke patients. The research design is not  very...
Glen McDaniel Posted October 5, 2007
Screening babies for cholesterol has no scientific basis
Analysis of: Screening: Testing Early for Cholesterol | www.nytimes.com
Author: Glen McDaniel, President and Chief Executive Officer GM Global
 Hypercholesterolemia has an established link with a risk of cardiac events and there has been a push to screen high risk population for early intervention in an effort to reduce the incidence of heart attacks and strokes, for example. However to suggest any benefit from screening babies is to...
Posted October 5, 2007
Screening: Testing Early for Cholesterol
Analysis of: Screening: Testing Early for Cholesterol | www.nytimes.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The news reported a review of findings published in the BMJ about the benefits of screening infants from 15th months onwards for cholesterol, so that treatment can begin when they grow up. The article has also suggested about the possibility of tracing genetic link in cholesterol. However, the...
Posted October 4, 2007
An Old Antibiotic Could Reduce Stroke Damage
Analysis of: An Old Antibiotic Could Reduce Stroke Damage | blogs.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
- current therapy is ineffective for most stroke victims - this study showed significant improvement in patients given   minocycline with 24 hours of stroke - if larger studies confirm this, minocycline will become the   standard of care
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