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News Hour: Heightened activity in the amygdala – a region of the brain involved in stress – is associated with a greater risk of heart disease and stroke, according to a study published in The Lancet...

News Hour: Biotechnology company ReNeuron Group Plc said its experimental stem cell therapy helped some patients improve motor functions in their arms in a mid-stage study after being disabled by stroke. Shares of the company jumped...

News Hour: Stroke survivors may spend more time at home – as opposed to a nursing home or a hospital – if they were treated at a place that handles a lot of stroke patients or...

News Hour: Improving blood sugar control by treating patients with type 2 diabetes reduces the rates of various complications, including heart attack and stroke (macrovascular events), and blindness and amputation (microvascular events). Randomised controlled trials and...

News Hour: Former Israeli President Shimon Peres is in “serious but stable” condition after suffering a major stroke, according to the doctors treating him. Doctors put the 93-year-old elder statesman, who was rushed to hospital on...

News Hour: Worldwide, cerebrovascular accidents (stroke) are the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disability. Stroke, the sudden death of some brain cells due to lack of oxygen when the blood flow...

News Hour: Merck & Co Inc said it would stop developing its experimental osteoporosis drug after an independent analysis confirmed the treatment raises the risk of stroke. While the drug, odanacatib, reduces the risk of osteoporotic...

News Hour: Hypertension (high blood pressure) remains the single most important modifiable risk factor for stroke, and the impact of hypertension and nine other risk factors together account for 90% of all strokes, according to an...

The government has issued strict instructions to ensure prevention of non-communicable diseases and tobacco free environment at all the educational Institutions and concerned offices across the country.  Tobacco use remains a major cause of mortality and...

Toxic smog has blanketed Vietnam’s capital for more than a week, blotting out the skyline and leaving residents wheezing as Hanoi’s air quality dipped to among the world’s worst on Thursday. The city of nine million...