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Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
More women than men having mid-life stroke
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007ST. PAUL, Minn — More women than men appear to be having a stroke in middle age, according to a study published June 20, 2007, in the online edition of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers say heart disease and increased waist size may be contributing to this apparent mid-life stroke surge among women.
For the study, researchers analyzed data from 17,000 people over the age of 18 who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Of the participants, 606 people experienced a stroke.
The study found women in the 45 to 54 age range were more than twice as likely as men in the same age group to have had a stroke. There were no sex differences in stroke rates found in the 35 to 44 and the 55 to 64 age groups.
Alarm over drugs fast tracking
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007Fast tracking new drugs could have a negative effect on patients in the longer term, a senior doctor in Britain has claimed. An article published in the British Medical Journal by consultant neurologist Abhijit Chaudhuri discusses the issues surrounding the fast tracking of new drugs.
The doctor, from the Essex centre for neurological sciences in Romford, considers fast tracking new drugs for commercial licensing. He reflects on the recent approval granted to multiple sclerosis treatment natalizumab and its subsequent withdrawal over health fears. Clinical trials of natalizumab indicated that the drug was highly effective in preventing body tissue from getting inflamed and could be used in the treatment of both multiple sclerosis and Crohn’s disease.
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