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Every 45 seconds, someone in America has a stroke; every three minutes, someone dies of one. That translates into 700,000 strokes and 165,000 deaths each year, making ischemia (the technical term for the most common type of stroke) the nation's No. 3 killer. Even among survivors, strokes can exact a terrible toll: aftereffects range from difficulty walking, speaking and carrying out the everyday activities of life to depression and paralysis...
...treatment is speed. As the American Stroke Association's slogan puts it: "Time lost is brain lost." The clot-busting drug TPA, for example, has to be delivered within a critical treatment window that closes about three hours after symptoms first appear. The most exciting research presented at the 29th International Stroke Conference in San Diego last week was advances aimed at opening that window a little wider. Among them...
...hormone-replacement therapy caused for women, are cautious about advising anyone to take testosterone supplements--even to ward off Alzheimer's. While the pros are still being worked out, the cons are real and troubling. Resnick is convinced that testosterone supplements can increase your risk of prostate cancer and stroke, despite a report in the New England Journal of Medicine last week suggesting that the studies were not large enough to say for sure. Furthermore, the ideal levels of testosterone still need to be worked out. "An 80-year-old should probably not have the levels of a 20-year...
Helal kept cruising in the fourth game, taking a 6-0 lead before Hall clawed back to 6-3. Helal then took two points to set up match ball, but Hall saved three straight—including one on a controversial stroke call—and pulled within one at 8-7 before Helal closed...
Helal, the two-time defending intercollegiate champion, jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first game before Hall gained the serve and responded with an authoritative kill to get on the board. A stroke extended Helal’s lead to 5-1, but Hall battled back to 5-4 before Helal won four consecutive points to capture the game...