Read more stroke stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10157/stroke.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:47:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71550/la-patients-get-deadly-blast-of-radiation-in-screw-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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 technicians programmed...http://www.newser.com/story/71550/la-patients-get-deadly-blast-of-radiation-in-screw-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 9:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71519/brendan-mullen-who-gave-la-punk-a-stage-dead-at-60.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBrendan 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...http://www.newser.com/story/71519/brendan-mullen-who-gave-la-punk-a-stage-dead-at-60.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 22:26:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69537/keillor-faces-mortality-as-nice-67-yo-man.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGarrison 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 67 y.o. man....http://www.newser.com/story/69537/keillor-faces-mortality-as-nice-67-yo-man.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 13:18:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69040/garrison-keillor-hospitalized-after-stroke.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGarrison 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 hospital spokesman. Keillor...http://www.newser.com/story/69040/garrison-keillor-hospitalized-after-stroke.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 0:42:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68177/new-stroke-drug-could-replace-warfarin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn 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...http://www.newser.com/story/68177/new-stroke-drug-could-replace-warfarin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 5:57:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66281/ny-mom-in-wrong-way-crash-rarely-drank-husband.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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 conference today....http://www.newser.com/story/66281/ny-mom-in-wrong-way-crash-rarely-drank-husband.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Aug 2009 15:25:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65445/got-milk-kids-who-eat-more-dairy-live-longer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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...http://www.newser.com/story/65445/got-milk-kids-who-eat-more-dairy-live-longer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 7:06:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62967/millions-of-americans-may-have-rare-artery-disease.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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...http://www.newser.com/story/62967/millions-of-americans-may-have-rare-artery-disease.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Jun 2009 3:42:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59287/grab-a-latte-it-could-be-good-for-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGet 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 with...http://www.newser.com/story/59287/grab-a-latte-it-could-be-good-for-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 11:39:00 CDT