Stroke affecting young men after alcoholic binges

Factors affecting suicide in young, middle-aged and elderly men.

Factors Affecting the Quality of Life After Ischemic Stroke: Young Versus Old Patients

BACKGROUND Factors affecting the quality of life (QOL) may be different between young and old stroke patients. However, these issues have not yet been properly investigated. METHODS We identified 170 young-onset stroke patients (onset between 15 and 45 years of age) who were admitted to the Asan Medical Center. Three hundred and forty follow-up period matched, old-onset stroke patients (onset...

Effects of the herb mixture, DTS20, on oxidative stress and plasma alcoholic metabolites after alcohol consumption in healthy young men

BACKGROUND This study was designed to investigate the effect of a herbal mixture extract (DTS20) on the attenuation of oxidative stress and hangover after alcohol consumption in healthy volunteers. METHODS DTS20 consists of Viscum album L. (40%), Lycium chinense L. (30%), Inonotus obliquus (20%), and Acanthopanax senticosus H. (10%). We recruited healthy, nonsmoking, adult men volunteers aged...

Factors affecting changes in blood pressure after acute stroke.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We sought to establish the pattern of blood pressure (BP) change after hospitalization for acute hemispheric stroke. METHODS In 292 patients from the Leicester teaching hospitals with acute hemispheric stroke within the previous 24 hours (139 men; median age, 75 years [range, 42 to 98 years]), we prospectively studied BP changes between admission, 24 hours, 1 week, and ...

Young Women’s Stroke Etiology Differs from that in Young Men: an Analysis of 511 Patients

Women are known to have particular heterogeneity in stroke etiology related to childbearing and hormonal factors. Although there are continued acute stroke treatment advances focusing on clot dissolution or extraction, effective secondary prevention of stroke, however, is dependent on an accurate etiological determination of the stroke. Otherwise, more strokes are likely to follow. Analysis of ...