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Research Yields New Insight into Gene Mutations Linked to Brain Bleeds

Published: February 3, 2012

Contact: Keith Herrell (513) 558-4559 [email protected] CINCINNATI—An innovative approach to genome screening has yielded clues about rare mutations that may render people susceptible to brain bleeds, according to research led by a University of Cincinnati (UC) neurologist. Joseph Broderick, MD, Albert Barnes Voorheis Chair of Neurology at the UC College of Medicine and research director of…
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Acute Stroke Therapy at Crossroads, UC Researcher Writes

Published: November 11, 2011

Contact: Keith Herrell (513) 558-4559 [email protected] CINCINNATI—Acute stroke therapy is at a crossroads, a University of Cincinnati (UC) researcher writes in a national medical journal, with clinical practice increasingly using approaches that have not been proven clinically effective while the conduct of clinical trials to provide critical data is impeded. Read the complete news release…
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Poorer Patients Have More Severe Ischemic Strokes, Study Indicates

Published: February 10, 2011

Contact: Keith Herrell (513) 558-4559 [email protected] CINCINNATI—Poorer patients have more severe ischemic strokes, or strokes resulting from blockages in blood vessels in the brain, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati. A study led by Dawn Kleindorfer, MD, Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology, found that increasing poverty in the neighborhood where…
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Treating Mild Strokes With Clot-Busting Drug Could Save $200M Annually, Study Shows

Published: February 9, 2011

Contact: Keith Herrell (513) 558-4559 [email protected] CINCINNATI—Treating mild strokes with the clot-busting drug approved for severe stroke could reduce the number of patients left disabled and save $200 million a year in disability costs, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati. The study led by Pooja Khatri, MD, Associate Professor in the Department…
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Mild Strokes May Be a Target for Clot-Busting Drug

Published: February 9, 2011

Research led by Pooja Khatri, MD, a stroke researcher at UCNI, is the subject of Shari Roan’s article in the Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-mild-stroke-20110209,0,5308512…

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UCNI Plays Role in Landmark CREST Study that Shows Surgery and Stenting Equally Effective in Preventing Stroke

Published: May 26, 2010

Contact: Cindy Starr (513) 558-3505 [email protected] CINCINNATI — A major study of people at risk for stroke, conducted in part at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute (UCNI), showed that two medical procedures designed to prevent future strokes are safe and effective overall. Physicians will now have more options in tailoring treatments for their patients…
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Smoking Multiplies Risk of Aneurysm in People With Certain Gene Variants

Published: February 25, 2010

Contact: Keith Herrell (513) 558-5449 [email protected] CINCINNATI—Stroke researchers at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute have confirmed two gene variants that raise the risk of aneurysm, a blood vessel in the brain that weakens and balloons out. In addition, the researchers found that smoking, the biggest risk factor for brain aneurysm, greatly increases the risk…
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Stroke Increasing at Younger Ages, UCNI Research Shows

Published: February 25, 2010

Contact: Keith Herrell (513) 558-4559 [email protected] CINCINNATI—Stroke is declining in the elderly but increasing at younger ages, new research from the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute (UCNI) indicates.The research, based on data from Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, is being presented Wednesday, Feb. 24, at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2010 in San…
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Elderly More Likely to Qualify for Stroke Drug, UCNI Study Shows

Published: February 24, 2010

Contact: Keith Herrell (513) 558-4559 [email protected] CINCINNATI—Ischemic stroke patients aged 80 and over are more likely to qualify for the clot-busting drug rt-PA than the general population, new research from the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute (UCNI) shows. Dawn Kleindorfer, MD, Associate Professor in UC’s Department of Neurology and a member of UCNI, is presenting…
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Risks of treating recurrent or residual aneurysms after initial coiling are low, UC-led study finds

Published: August 20, 2009

Contact: Cindy Starr (513) 558-3505 [email protected] CINCINNATI– The risks associated with treating a recurrent or residual brain aneurysm that was initially treated by endovascular coiling are low, according to a multicenter study led by researchers at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute. In the study of 311 patients with coiled aneurysms who underwent retreatment procedures…
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