MRI typically reveals a ‘heart-shaped’ sign in the medial medulla on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). Paediatric stroke aetiologies, including vasculopathy, thrombophilia and cardioembolic disease, ...

Hemorrhagic stroke: This type of stroke occurs when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures and bleeds. Strokes may also be described based on where they occur or what type of symptoms they cause. For ...

Some studies suggest that the brain location that's affected by stroke can influence depression, and treatment depends on the individual symptoms. Talk with your healthcare provider about medication, ...

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Recently, the concept of a distinct ‘stroke-heart syndrome’ has been formulated as a pathophysiological framework for ... the C1 neurons in the rostroventrolateral medulla and the paraventricular ...

Nov. 27, 2024 — Researchers have analysed the effects of seven different hormone treatments for menopausal symptoms on the risk of blood clots, stroke and heart attack. The study, which involved ...

to stroke syndromes unique to infants, like presumed perinatal ischemic stroke which presents with pathological early handedness. However, this expansion in knowledge has created a greater need for ...

The baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score was 4, but the clinical symptoms continued to worsen ... and follow-up neuroimaging revealed multiple small infarcts in the ...

Feb. 18, 2025 — A new psychological therapy has been found to reduce rates of violence and aggression among male offenders with antisocial personality disorder ... Multiple Sclerosis: Cell ...

Two Omaha women lost more than 300 lbs. combined with injections of a GLP-1 drug, which are used increasingly for weight loss ...