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LA Patients Get Deadly Blast
of Radiation in Screw-Up

Hospital hits hundreds of stroke patients with 8 times the normal dose

Oct 13, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mistake at LA’s famed Cedars-Sinai hospital has subjected more than 200 patients to dangerous levels of radiation. Everyone who has come to the hospital with a suspected stroke since February 2008 has gotten eight times the normal dose of radiation, the LA Times reports. That was when... More »

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CT scans • radiation • stroke • CT scanner • Cedars Sinai Hospital

OBITUARY

Brendan Mullen, Who Gave LA Punk a Stage, Dead at 60

His club, Masque, hosted some of scene's top acts

Oct 12, 09 10:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Brendan Mullen, owner of a club that helped launch Los Angeles’ punk-rock scene, died today of a stroke at age 60. Mullen also authored books on the musical movement, Variety notes, including We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk. The native Scotsman opened the Masque... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • Los Angeles • stroke • punk music • Brendan Mullen • Masque

OPINION

 Keillor Faces 
 Mortality 
 as 'Nice  
 67 y.o. Man' 

Author Garrison Keillor's stroke leads to realization that it's time for change

Sep 16, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Garrison Keillor got “bitten in the butt” by mortality when he suffered a stroke earlier this month, realizing that he is now—as one doctor wrote in her report—a “nice 67 y.o. male,” he writes for Salon. “I never wanted to be a nice... More »

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health care • hospital • stroke • health care reform • Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor Hospitalized After Stroke

But expects to be
back on 'Prairie' in two weeks, as planned

Sep 10, 09 12:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Garrison Keillor is in the hospital following a minor stroke, but he is in good condition and expects to start the new season of “A Prairie Home Companion” on time, the AP reports. “He is up and moving around, speaking sensibly, working on a laptop,” says a... More »

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hospital • stroke • Garrison Keillor

New Stroke Drug Could Replace Warfarin

Blood thinner Pradaxa was 34% more
effective in trials

Aug 31, 09 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - In what could be a sea change in the fight against strokes, a new blood-thinning drug could soon replace the 50-year-old warfarin, reports the Wall Street Journal. Boehringer Ingelheim's new drug, Pradaxa, proved to be 34% more effective at reducing the risk of stroke and 15% better at stopping fatal... More »

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stroke • Warfarin

(AP) - The woman who drove drunk and caused a New York highway crash that killed eight people rarely drank, said her husband, who suggested diabetes and other health problems were to blame. "She was not a drinker. She was not an alcoholic," Daniel Schuler said at a tearful news... More »

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New York City • alcohol • drunk driving • car crash • marijuana • stroke • Diane Schuler • Taconic Parkway

(Newser) - A new study suggests that children who eat more dairy products live longer lives, the BBC reports. Researchers followed up a 1930s study of childhood diets and found that those who had diets rich in milk, butter, and cheese had lower mortality rates from strokes and other causes. The children... More »

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milk • children • dairy • stroke • dairy products • longevity • calcium

Millions of Americans May Have 'Rare' Artery Disease 

Vascular experts believe disease is being massively underdiagnosed

Jun 27, 09 3:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A disease so obscure many doctors don't know about it may actually affect up to one in twenty people, experts tell the Wall Street Journal. Fibromuscular dysplasia—FMD—affects the walls of arteries and can cause blockages. It is rarely diagnosed, or looked for, but vascular experts believe it could... More »

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cardiovascular disease • disease • blood pressure • stroke • arteries • fibromuscular dysplasia

 Grab a Latte, 
 It Could Be 
 Good for You 

Coffee, caffeine may have health benefits

May 18, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Get this: Coffee's not bad for you, and it could have health benefits. New studies do a better job of separating the effects of coffee from those of its formerly frequent partner, cigarettes, the Los Angeles Times reports. And when you look beyond caffeine, "coffee is a complex beverage... More »

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cancer • hypertension • diabetes • coffee • Parkinson's disease • caffeine • stroke • cirrhosis

Genes Reveal Elevated Risk
of Stroke

Variations found in millions of people may help drugs find targets

Apr 16, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two genetic variations that increase the risk of stroke are present in an unexpectedly large proportion of the population, Reuters reports. Scientists analyzed the genomes of over 19,000 people, looking for single-letter changes in DNA in those who had experienced ischemic strokes. The two variations they identified, located near... More »

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genome • stroke • genetic code • transient ischemic strokes • genetic abnormalities • stroke risk

 Kim Jong Il Appears in Public 

For first time following stroke

Apr 9, 09 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kim Jong Il appeared in public today for the first time since a suspected August stroke, looking older and frailer, the BBC reports. Kim got a standing ovation as he arrived for the opening session of North Korea’s rubber-stamp legislature, which appointed him to a third term as leader.... More »

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North Korea • stroke • Kim Jong Il

(AP) - It's been a dream for a decade: a single daily pill combining aspirin, cholesterol medicine and a blood pressure drug—everything people need to prevent heart attacks and strokes in a cheap, generic form. Skeptics pooh-poohed it, but now the first big test of the "polypill" has proved them... More »

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stroke • heart health • medical study

(Newser) - Most Americans eat way too much salt, and people with salt-sensitive medical conditions consume twice as much as they should, Scientific American reports. The American average is 3,456 milligrams per day. The FDA guideline for someone not at risk is 2,300 milligrams, or one teaspoon. For... More »

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FDA • hypertension • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • heart disease • consumption • stroke • salt

Man Faces Murder Charge After 'Deathbed' Confession

Stroke victim recovered after admitting shooting

Mar 24, 09 5:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Oklahoma man's effort to leave the world with a clear conscience has left him facing a murder charge after his premature "deathbed" confession, the Independent reports. The man, believing he he was moments from death after suffering a stroke, called police from the hospital and confessed to killing... More »

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murder • Tennessee • Oklahoma • stroke • deathbed • confession • oops

Earth, Sky Celebrate Kim Jong-Il's B-day

Leader's upcoming birthday has improved weather: state agency

Feb 13, 09 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Temperatures in North Korea are warmer than normal, willow catkins are in bloom, and the moon is sporting a halo—all thanks to Kim Jong-Il. A Korean news agency says “that even the nature and the sky unfolded such mysterious ecstasy in celebration of the birthday” of the North... More »

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weather • North Korea • stroke • Kim Jong Il

 Post-Stroke Kim Jong-il 
 Meets Chinese Official 

Visit marks first appearance with foreigners since illness

Jan 23, 09 7:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Kim Jong-il, the North Korean supreme leader, met a senior official from China's Communist Party today—in his first known meeting with a foreigner since suffering a stroke in August. The meeting was seen as an attempt to show that Kim remains in charge of North Korea, which has strongly... More »

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North Korea • Pyongyang • stroke • Kim Jong Il • Chinese Communist party

 Kim Jong-Il Cheered at Concert 

First major public appearance since stroke

Dec 29, 08 5:41 AM CST
(Newser) - A wildly cheering orchestra audience greeted North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il at his first major public appearance since his suspected stroke in August, reports Reuters. Western intelligence experts began speculating in September that Kim was seriously ill—or dying—when he failed to appear at an important military parade at... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • stroke • Kim Jong Il • KCNA • Unification Ministry • Kim Il-sung

Kim Jong-Il Back in
Public After Stroke 

North Korean leader appears recovered

Dec 22, 08 2:10 AM CST
(Newser) - US intelligence officials believe North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has recovered from a stroke he suffered last August, and has been making public appearances, Reuters reports. The 66-year-old dictator recently inspected army units and a ceramics factory, according to North Korea's state-controlled media. One appearance is believed to have taken... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • recovery • stroke • Kim Jong Il

 Heart Attack Deaths 
 Plummet 30% 

Drop hailed as modern medical miracle, but disease still daunting

Dec 16, 08 2:10 AM CST
(Newser) - In what is being hailed as a medical miracle, deaths from heart attack and stroke have dropped nearly a third between 1999 and 2006, according to the latest statistics from the American Heart Association. Yet despite gains from better preventive medicine and more effective hospital treatment, one person still dies... More »

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obesity • cardiovascular disease • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • heart attack • stroke • American Heart Association • death rates • National Institutes of Health • cholesterol-lowering statins • National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Kim Jong-Il Had a 2nd Stroke:
Japanese TV

Report suggests that North Korea leader could be incapacitated

Nov 11, 08 6:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Uncertainty grew this morning about the health of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Il after a Japanese television station reported that he has suffered a second stroke, Reuters reports. The claim came from a source connected to an American intelligence agency, but South Korean officials rejected the assertion. North Korea... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • US intelligence • stroke • Kim Jong Il

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