Topic: Steven Levine

Many Stroke Patients Stop Taking Meds, Study Shows

HealthCentral.com - 543 days ago
"Providers should spend more time teaching stroke patients and caregivers when new risk factors are diagnosed and new medications are prescribed, such as blood pressure or cholesterol medications prior to discharge, while keeping the regimen as streamlined as possible," said lead researcher ...

Many Stroke Patients Stop Taking Meds, Study Shows

Health.com - 554 days ago
"Providers should spend more time teaching stroke patients and caregivers when new risk factors are diagnosed and new medications are prescribed, such as blood pressure or cholesterol medications prior to discharge, while keeping the regimen as streamlined as possible," said lead researcher ...

Early Treatment With Clot-Busting Drug Best After Stroke

Drugs.com - 643 days ago
Patients who get the clot-busting drug alteplase (tPA) within 4.5 hours of having a stroke fare better than patients who are given the drug later, Scottish doctors report.. "The benefit of giving this treatment for stroke continues if we start it ...

Autoimmune Disorder Linked to Stroke, Heart Attack in Women

HealthCentral.com - 858 days ago
Women under 50 with a certain form of the autoimmune condition called antiphospholipid syndrome are at greatly increased risk for heart attack and stroke, and that risk is even higher when these women smoke or take birth control pills, new research shows ...