Thrombolytic Therapy

Tenecteplase seems as safe as the usual clot-busting drug, study says Share What is this? Twitter Digg Facebook More... EMAIL PRINT RSS   WEDNESDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- A new medication called tenecteplase may be more effective at treating strokes caused by clots in large blood vessels in the brain than the current standard therapy, Australian researchers report. "This study compares a newer thrombolytic medicine [tenecteplase] to the standard thrombolytic...Read Full Story

Getting people to seek immediate treatment is a major hurdle, experts say Share What is this? Twitter Digg Facebook More... EMAIL PRINT RSS   THURSDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- Use of a life-saving clot-busting drug to treat ischemic strokes nearly doubled from 2005 through 2009, but the rates still remain too low, a new study finds. Acute ischemic stroke occurs when a blood clot cuts off blood supply to the brain. Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is the only...Read Full Story

Learn about ways to keep your hands warm while you are at work. We specialize in Warm Mouse Hand products. Visit us today.Expert advice By Meredith CohnIt's cold outside. And as people shovel snow, scrape car windows or just spend time in the frigid air, some find that their hands and feet become numb or painful. Better get indoors or warm up, because this could mean frostbite or, more likely, frostnip, says Dr. John Wogan, attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at...Read Full Story

THURSDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) — Use of a life-saving clot-busting drug to treat ischemic strokes nearly doubled from 2005 through 2009, but the rates still remain too low, a new study finds. Acute ischemic stroke occurs when a blood clot cuts off blood supply to the brain. Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is the only thrombolytic (clot-dissolving) drug approved to treat this type of stroke in the United States, and it can stave off death and lasting disability, but only if it is...Read Full Story

Health News | Posted by FatMan 1 day 10 hours ago (http://feeds.reuters.com) View profile WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors using specialized imaging methods to precisely deliver drugs to frostbitten hands and feet may be able to save them fr Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury Add to...Read Full Story

(Giving Streptase 1.5 million units) Chest paint IMA > 20 ', retrosternal middle / left chest, radiating to jaw, back, left arm sepereti depressed heavy objects, crumpled like burning or tingling, can be pain in the epigastrium, cold sweat, nausea, vomiting, weakness , dizziness, floating, unconscious  WHO criteria for AMI - Chest pain typical - Evaluation of ECG - There was an increase and then decrease in cardiac enzymes - Hyperacute T, ST evaluation, T-inverted ST evaluation of at least 0...Read Full Story

Some patients who suffer stroke as a result of a brain artery blockage may benefit from a clot-busting drug nine or more hours after the attack. “Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the US,” said study co-author, William A. Copen, director of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Neuroimaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston. “Every hour that we can add to the treatment window would allow vastly more stroke patients to be treated with potentially life-saving therapy,” Copen...Read Full Story

People living in Canada, Alaska, England and other countries subject to very cold climate, frostbites are common occurrences especially for people who, for some reason, are often staying outside in the cold. It can be a very dangerous condition if one is not properly garbed against cold climate.Frostbites occur when bodily tissues are damaged due to exposure to extreme cold at a long period of time. Skin and limbs that are often exposed like the nose, ears and cheeks are the parts of the body...Read Full Story

People who live in countries where freezing weather is felt all year round are surely familiar with frostbites already. They can easily tell you that it is a condition that one is better off without. People living in Alaska for example could probably give you the basic one-oh-one in avoiding getting frostbites.Exposure to frigid temperature for a long spell is the simple cause for frostbites. Parts of the body that are frequently left in the open are therefore the common areas that get...Read Full Story

A new retrospective study suggests treatment with tissue plasminogen activator within 3 hours of symptom onset is safe even for patients ultimately found not to have had a stroke. Medscape Medical NewsRead Full Story