December 2000

• Recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator improves stroke outcome
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Dr. Gerald D. Fischbach, Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at NIH, named dean of Columbia University's Medical School
  PRNewswire   

• Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy-Stenting Trial (CREST) launched
  BusinessWire

• Hardened brain arteries risk for depression
  Abstract: PubMed

• Over-excited sports fans may suffer heart attack and stroke
  Abstract: PubMed

• Medicine-coated stent may limit coronary artery re-clogging
  Abstract: PubMed

• Lilly and Sankyo to collaborate on novel oral antithrombotic compound
  PRNewswire

• Hormone replacement therapy brings benefits, risks
  Abstract: PubMed

• Decline slowing in heart and stroke deaths
  Abstract: PubMed

• Growth factor draws stem cells to brain damage
  ABC News | Abstract: PubMed

• Witnessing tests for brain death may help family cope
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Early release of carotid endarterectomy trials risky
  CNN | Abstract: PubMed

• TIA's ("mini-strokes") bigger danger sign than previously thought
  CNN | Abstract: PubMed

• SmithKline Beecham terminates clinical trial of lotrafiban
  PR Newswire | CNN | Interventions: Lotrafiban

• Pregnancy stroke risk highest in third trimester or postpartum
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• New technique helps stroke patients regain arm movement
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• A trip to the dentist may reveal stroke risk
  Abstract: PubMed

• Insulin-like compound predicts stroke risk
  Abstract: PubMed

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November 2000

• Scientists turn blood cells into brain in mice
  Abstract: PubMed

• Low folate linked to cardiovascular death risk
  Abstract: PubMed

• Centaur Pharmaceuticals announces Japanese phase I clinical studies with NXY-059
  PRNewswire | Interventions: NXY-059

• Key cholesterol enzyme identified in mice
  Abstract: PubMed

• Seizures more common after hemorrhagic than ischemic stroke
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• High cholesterol in England not being treated
  Abstract: PubMed

• HIV drugs may raise risk of heart attack and stroke
  Abstract: PubMed

• Drug company says no evidence of Zyban stroke link
  UK Medicines Control Agency

• Monkey brain wired to control arm
  Abstract: PubMed

• African Americans fare worse than whites after stroke surgery
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Under-diagnosis of PAD blocks effective stroke, heart attack prevention
  Doctor's Guide

• UK experts downplay PPA, stroke risk
  UK Committee on Safety of Medicines

• Pharmos reports significant brain recovery in stroke models using Dexanabinol
  PR Newswire | Pharmos Corporate | Interventions: Dexanabinol

• Vitamin E supplements can help prevent stroke
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• AGY Therapeutics identifies genes providing neuroprotective effects following stroke
  AGY Therapeutics Corporate

• Cough syrup ingredient could cause stroke
  Doctor's Guide | FDA: PPA Information Page | FDA: PPA & Risk of Hemorrhagic Stroke

• Early action a life or death issue for stroke patients
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

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October 2000

• Gene therapy may prevent aneurysm complication
  Abstract: PubMed

• Gum disease raises stroke risk
  Abstract: PubMed

• National Stroke Association urges FDA to take action on PPA findings
  National Stroke Association Press Release

• Vitamin E may reduce stroke risk in hypertensive men
  Abstract: PubMed

• Company initiates first U.S. stroke clinical trial with NXY-059
  Centaur Pharmaceuticals Press Release | Interventions: NXY-059

• FDA approves new indication for altace, to reduce risk of stroke, heart attack
  Doctor's Guide | Monarch Pharmaceuticals Press Release

• Toxin injections relieves stroke-related muscle spasms
  Abstract: PubMed

• Fruits & veggies may lower stroke risk
  Abstract: PubMed

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September 2000

• Eating whole grains may protect against stroke
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Stroke patients do best in special units
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• History of stroke, heart disease raises of car crash risks
  Abstract: PubMed

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August 2000

• Cooling stroke victims prevents brain damage, death
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Drug boosts speech therapy after stroke
  Abstract: PubMed

• NIH publishes guidelines for stem cell research
  CNN | NIH Stem Cell Information

• Strokes kill more in south
  ABC News | Abstract: PubMed

• Study: Cell transplants safe for stroke patients
  Abstract: PubMed

• Diet lowers homocysteine and heart disease risk
  Harvard Heart Letter

• Vitamin E, antioxidants & multivitamins reduce risk of heart disease and stroke
  Abstract: PubMed

• Somanetics announces the first prospective intervention outcome study on cerebral oximeter
  PR Newswire | Abstract from ASA's Annual Meeting

• Musical Hallucinations linked to brain disorders
  Abstract: PubMed

• Former President Ford hospitalized after two small strokes
  ABC News | CNN - Cause and treatment of strokes (with video)

• Media Advisory: "Pravastatin Therapy and the Risk of Stroke"
  Abstract: PubMed

• D-Pharm's DP-b99 completes phase I single escalating dose study for acute stroke
  PR Newswire | D-Pharm Press Release | Interventions: DP-b99

• Bone marrow stem cells may provide source of nerve cells for brain repair
  PR Newswire | Abstract: PubMed

• Rehabilitation therapy is key for stroke survivors
  Web MD

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July 2000

• Virginia man invents a steady spoon for unsteady hands
  CNN

• Lower systolic blood pressure reduces chance of stroke
  Abstract: PubMed

• Diltiazem equal to thiazide diuretic and beta-blocker for stroke prevention
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Vitamins reduce risk of death from heart disease, stroke
  Abstract: PubMed

• People with depression at increased risk of stroke
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Antiplatelet agent Cilostazol (Pletal) effective in secondary stroke prevention study
  PR Newswire | Abstract: Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

• FDA approves DuPont's thrombosis drug Innohep (tinzaparin)
  Doctor's Guide | Interventions: Innohep

• Brain 'support' cells may also help us think -
  Abstract: PubMed

• C. pneumoniae linked with increased carotid artery thickness, stroke
  Abstract: PubMed

• Elderly post-stroke patients are at increased risk for femoral neck fractures
  Abstract: PubMed

• Relieving post-stroke depression also restores lost mental function in many patients
  Abstract: PubMed

• Even increased risk of stroke with Pill use is small
  CNN | Abstract: PubMed

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June 2000

• FDA approves argatroban for treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
  PR Newswire

• Risks of aspirin for stroke and heart attack prevention outweigh benefits in hypertensive men
  Abstract: PubMed

• Changes in retinal arterioles may predict ischemic diseases of heart and brain
  Abstract: PubMed

• Brain Attack Coalition releases guidelines for acute stroke centers
  WebMD | Abstract: PubMed

• HSP70 over-expression protects mice against cerebral infarction
  Abstract: PubMed

• Stroke severity is less in patients with previous TIAs
  Abstract: PubMed

• Regular, brisk walking lowers risk of stroke in women
  CNN | Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Doppler imaging identifies patients at risk for stroke from atherosclerosis
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Measuring heart chamber volume using echocardiography can identify risk of stroke
  Doctor's Guide

• Apo-E Protein linked to stroke risk
  Abstract: PubMed

• Strokes riskier if they occur during hospital stay
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Early aspirin may provide quick benefits for acute stroke patients
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• News about constraint-induced movement therapy
  Doctor's Guide | CNN | Abstract: PubMed

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May 2000

• NXY-059 phase IIa stroke trial presented at European Stroke Congress
  PR Newswire | Interventions: NXY-059

• Ancrod effective for acute stroke treatment
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• AAN: Cardiovascular risk factors may also contribute to vascular dementia
  Doctor's Guide

• AAN: Fixed dosing more effective than variable dosing for patients requiring warfarin
  Doctor's Guide

• AAN: Glaxo drops stroke drug, GV 150526, after negative trials
  Interventions: GV 150526

• AAN: High iron levels linked to more stroke damage
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

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April 2000

• ICOS halts Phase III trial of stroke drug, LeukArrest
  Interventions: LeukArrest

• Study finds problems with clopidogrel (Plavix)
  CNN | Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Canada approves Aggrenox for prevention of recurrent strokes
  Doctor's Guide

• Diacrin suspends Phase 1 clinical trial for stroke
  Diacrin Press Release

• Surgery and anesthesia increase risk for ischemic stroke
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• New grant to study acupuncture in stroke survivors
  Business Wire

• Warfarin’s benefit in stroke prevention extends to elderly with irregular heartbeat
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• NSA says more stroke education needed
  National Stroke Association Press Release (pdf)

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March 2000

• Strokes in patients with narrowed carotid arteries may be due to other causes
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Improvements in stroke treatment time, enhanced use of tPA
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• D-Pharm's DP-b99 starts phase I studies for neuroprotection in stroke
  Business Wire | D-Pharm Press Release | Interventions: DP-b99

• Good Samaritan Hospital offers new system for language recovery after stroke
  GSH Press Release

• Older tricyclics more effective than newer antidepressants in post-stroke depression
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Stroke severity worse In African Americans than Caucasians
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Height inversely correlated with ischemic stroke risk in adults
  Abstract: PubMed

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February 2000

• New federal web site lists clinical studies for life-threatening diseases - (2/29/00)
  CNN | ClinicalTrials.gov

• JAMA editorial calls for better use of new stroke drug
  CNN | Full Text: Journal of the American Medical Association

• Low usage rate for tPA for strokes in Cleveland area
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Thrombolytic therapy for stroke shown to be effective
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Oral vaccine to NMDA receptors prevents epileptic seizures, stroke damage in rats
  Abstract: PubMed

• Stroke survivor Robert Guillaume to launch blood pressure awareness program
  PR Newswire

News Reports from the 25th International Stroke Conference,
New Orleans, February 10-12, 2000 - see Abstracts

• ER study shows half of stroke victims used EMS
  Eureka Alert
• Doctors' Dilemma: knowing what drugs to recommend to prevent stroke
  Doctor's Guide
• Post-stroke depression common, appears related to location of lesion
  Doctor's Guide
• Three neuroprotectants fail to show benefit in treating ischemic stroke
  Doctor's Guide
• Plavix provides benefits ASA non-responders
  Doctor's Guide
• Experimental laser surgery opens cerebral artery in stroke
  Doctor's Guide
• Zanaflex reduces spasticity resulting from stroke
  Doctor's Guide
• Valvular disease a significant risk factor for stroke
  Doctor's Guide
• Patients slow to react to signs of stroke and TIAs
  Doctor's Guide
• Stroke and TIA patients at risk of other events
  Doctor's Guide
• Survey finds prevalence of TIA/mini-stroke vastly understated
  PR Newswire

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January 2000

• Anticoagulation during pregnancy a balance between fetal and maternal risk
  Abstract: PubMed

• Apolipoprotein E genotype linked to recurrent lobar intracerebral hemorrhage
  Abstract: PubMed

• Some stroke victims frustrated by inability to sneeze
  New York Times | Abstract: PubMed

• Activity reduces women's risk of dying from stroke
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Research suggests familial link for subarachnoid hemorrhage
  Abstract: PubMed

• Smoking, exercise and other lifestyle habits can affect blood clotting
  Abstract: PubMed

• Citicoline stroke trial does not achieve primary clinical endpoint
  Business Wire | Interventions: Citicoline

• Feds: Bayer oversold aspirin's benefits
  USA Today

• Very low blood pressure risky in elderly hypertensives
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Why do patients with atrial fibrillation not receive Warfarin?
  Abstract: PubMed

• Roller coasters can cause blood clots in the brain
  Abstract: PubMed

• Rural hospitals successful in using clot-buster therapy for strokes
  Doctor's Guide

• Long-term blood pressure changes linked to white matter lesions in elderly
  Abstract: PubMed

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December 1999

• Similarities found in stroke and MS
  Health A-Z | Abstract: PubMed

• Pass on ephedra
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Cholesterol drugs help heart patients
  USA Today | Abstract: PubMed

• Caring for disabled spouse can be deadly
  USA Today | Abstract: PubMed

• Stroke burden - especially in elderly - much higher than previously estimated
  Abstract : PubMed

• Stroke subtypes have different risk profiles
  Abstract: PubMed

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November 1999

• Intra-arterial prourokinase extends stroke treatment window to 6 hours
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• FDA approves Aggrenox for patients with previous strokes
  Doctor's Guide | Interventions: Dipyridamole

• Alcohol helps lower risk of stroke in men
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• Ramipril provides significant reduction in cardiovascular events
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed

• AHA: Ramipril could prevent premature deaths, heart attacks and strokes
  Doctor's Guide

• Zanaflex available in Canada for patients with muscle spasticity
  Doctor's Guide | Interventions: Tizanidine

• AHA: Pravastatin appears to reduce incidence of stroke
  Doctor's Guide | Interventions: Prevastatin

• ReoPro improves clinical function in stroke patients
  Doctor's Guide | Interventions: Abciximab

• Bayer to begin landmark stroke prevention study using statins
  PR Newswire

• AHA updates TIA guidelines
  Doctor's Guide | Abstract: PubMed