Article: Stroke symptoms fairly common without a diagnosis.(Brief article)

Article: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO LEADS MULTI-CENTER STUDY TO EVALUATE BLOOD FLOW, STROKE RISK
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ......arteries have low blood flow and are at higher...have first-time stroke symptoms caused by 50...patients with low blood flow to their brain...they first have stroke symptoms - may be candidates...angioplasty to increase blood flow, said ...

Article: A novel method to measure regional muscle blood flow continuously using NIRS kinetics information.(Research)
Dynamic Medicine;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......continuously monitor regional muscle blood flow by using Near Infrared Spectroscopy...applying this new method of determining blood flow to experimental NIRS data during exercise...by simulating muscle oxygenation and blood flow values using these newly developed equations...

Article: Blood flow changes in the trapezius muscle and overlying skin following transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.(Research Report)(Clinical report)
Physical Therapy;  August 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......on pain relief, the effect of TENS on blood flow has been investigated in a number of...some studies detected an increase in blood flow, and other studies detected no effect. In a study by Wikstrom et al, (3) skin blood flow in participants who were healthy was...

Article: Microspheres Are Effective For Measuring Blood Flow Within Tumors.
Angiogenesis Weekly;  March 16, 2001 ;     419 words ......particles called microspheres to track blood flow within the tumors of rats. Scientists have already used this technique to follow blood flow within major organs. This new application...useful. A technique that can measure tumor blood flow easily, accurately, and economically...

Article: Feel stroke symptoms ? Get to hospital now: ; Early medical intervention can greatly limit damage to brain
Charleston Gazette;  August 8, 2000 ;     660 words ......in the emergency room with stroke symptoms that began hours, occasionally...revolutionized stroke care, restoring blood flow into victims' brains to help...annually. A stroke is a lack of blood flow and oxygen that quickly kills...growing, because of impaired blood ...

Article: Examine the World Blood Flow Measurement Devices Market.
Canadian Corporate News;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......available in its catalogue. World Blood Flow Measurement Devices Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p092554/World-Blood-Flow-Measurement-Devices-Market.html...analyzes the worldwide markets for Blood Flow Measurement Devices in Millions...

Article: Effect of continuous-wave ultrasound on blood flow in skeletal muscle. (includes commentary and author response)
Physical Therapy;  February 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......of ultrasound is that it increases blood flow to skeletal muscle. [7-10] We believe...Does ultrasound dia-thermy increase blood flow to skeletal muscle? Most studies attempting to quantify blood flow changes following ultrasound treatment...

Article: Diuretic may help increase brain blood flow in cocaine addicts.
M2 Presswire;  July 8, 2003 ;     482 words ......UNIVERSITY: Diuretic may help increase brain blood flow in cocaine addicts(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...congestive heart failure may improve brain blood flow in cocaine addicts, according to a study...cocaine use is associated with decreases in blood flow to the brain, but the ...

Article: Oxygen-15-water PET assessment of muscular blood flow in peripheral vascular disease
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......quantitatively regional nutritive muscular blood flow in patients with peripheral vascular...angiographically proven PVD were studied. Regional blood flow of the calf was measured with ^sup 15...correlated closely (r = 0.98) with absolute blood flow. Scan times longer than 90 sec ...

Article: COFFEE LIMITS BLOOD FLOW TO BRAIN
United Press International;  November 27, 2001 ;     500 words ......International 11-27-2001 Coffee limits blood flow to brain CHICAGO, Nov 27, 2001 (United...or other caffeinated beverages impedes blood flow to the brain enough to affect research...brain and that causes restrictions in blood flow" detectable on scans of blood flow in...

Article: Cerebrovascular Stents May Improve Outcomes Of Patients With Stroke Symptoms, According To Pittsburgh Study
U.S. Newswire;  June 5, 2001 ;     506 words ......alleviate symptoms, increase blood flow to the brain and improve the...prognosis of patients with stroke symptoms from arterial blockages that...outcomes of 11 patients with stroke symptoms who underwent angioplasty and...

Article: Effects of high-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on limb blood flow in healthy humans.
Physical Therapy;  April 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......electrical nerve stimulation on limb blood flow in healthy humans. Phys Ther. 1994;74:361-367.] Key Words: Regional blood flow, Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation...been shown to increase regional blood flow.[1,2] In contrast, in healthy subjects...

Article: Quantitative blood flow measurement of skeletal muscle using oxygen-15-water and PET
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  February 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......was to evaluate quantitation of muscle blood flow using [^sup 15^O]H20 and PET. Methods...PET were used to measure femoral muscle blood flow. A simulation study was performed to...ARG method. Five separate paired muscle blood flow examinations were carried out for comparison...

Article: Stroke facts; Stroke symptoms include:
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  February 22, 2005 ;     192 words ......stroke. Stroke, sometimes called a brain attack, occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted. About 80 percent are ischemic...disability. In Massachusetts, 17,799 people were hospitalized with stroke symptoms in 2002. In Massachusetts, 3,557 people died as a result...