Plane makes emergency landing after man suffers stroke

October 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Having shingles raises the risk of suffering a stroke by almost a third, according to a new study. In a study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, adults with shingles were about 30 percent more likely to have a stroke during a one-year follow-up than adults without shingles.

October 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Exercise training after stroke can significantly help patients to walk faster and longer, say researchers. A Cochrane review showed that stroke patients who participate in a post-stroke walking program walk faster, longer and more independently than non-exercisers.

October 7th, 2009 Web tool helps advise when flu needs a doctorWASHINGTON — Wondering if swine flu's bad enough to require a doctor's attention? An interactive Web site may help you decide, using the same type of triage calculations that doctors at Emory University use. Microsoft Corp.

October 7th, 2009 Pa. judge says inmate can refuse blood transfusionHARRISBURG, Pa. — A judge says the state of Pennsylvania cannot force a seriously ill prison inmate to undergo a blood transfusion — even if it could save his life.

October 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The antibiotic minocycline may offer new and more effective treatment for stroke patients, says a new study. The research, published in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience, describes the safety and therapeutic efficacy of the drug in animal models.

September 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study suggests that strokes are preceded by a mild "warning stroke", scientifically called a transient ischemic attack (TIA), in one out of every eight cases. "These results illustrate the need for better risk assessment tools for preventing strokes before they occur.

September 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Cardiovascular disease (CVD) still remains number one killer worldwide, even though heart disease mortality has reduced in the last 30 years. European Union experts say that there still exist striking disparities between countries not only in terms of CVD incidence, but also with regard to national prevention policies.

September 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Health-care officials are urging people who fear that they are experiencing the symptoms of swine flu-dizziness, headache, and sore throat with a running nose-not to head to hospital emergency rooms immediately. They fear that many people panicked by thoughts of H1N1 flu will do just that, and overtax emergency departments' abilities to care for the large number of patients, when there are more chances that their illnesses could be best treated at home.

September 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Reviewing studies conducted in the past, cardiac experts at Rush University Medical Center have found that women are more likely than men to experience symptomatic attacks, a higher frequency of recurrences, and significantly higher heart rates during atrial fibrillation, which increases the risk of stroke. During atrial fibrillation, the heart's atria, which are two small upper chambers, quiver instead of beating effectively.

September 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A simple, one-minute eye movement examination by the bedside by doctors works better than MRI to identify impending stroke in patients complaining of dizziness and nausea. These findings are based on a study of 101 patients, who were already at higher than normal risk of stroke because of factors including high blood pressure or high cholesterol.

September 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Illinois have found that a simple, one-minute eye movement exam performed at the bedside worked better than an MRI to distinguish new strokes from other less serious disorders in patients complaining of dizziness, nausea and spinning sensations. The small "proof of principle" study included 101 patients, who were already at higher than normal risk of stroke because of factors including high blood pressure or high cholesterol.

September 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Turkish man crowned as the world's tallest man suffers from a pituitary tumour which has resulted in his gigantic height. Sultan Kosen stands eight-foot-one-inch tall and was unveiled as the tallest man in the world by the Guinness World Records.osen's height is a result of a tumour in his pituitary gland, which has led to an over production of growth hormones, reports the National Geographic News.

September 7th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Disgraced founder of Satyam Computer Services Limited B. Ramalinga Raju suffered cardiac arrest in a jail here Monday night and was rushed to a hospital.

August 30th, 2009 PATNA - Patients here are suffering as the Government and other hospitals in Patna are over crowded due to the junior doctors strike over pay hike. A common sight at the Nalanda Medical College Hospital (NMCH) is of senior doctors attending patients lying on the floor since there are no vacant beds in the wards.

August 28th, 2009 Watson gets approval for emergency contraceptiveCORONA, Calif. — Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.