But the German crew raised the stroke rate and Britain could not respond after Poland took the lead from Slovenia.
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During the swims, the researchers measured the volunteers' oxygen consumption, rectal temperature, swim speed and angle, and stroke rate and length.
Many researchers, however, point out that the 30-day stroke and death rate in stent patients was significantly higher (4.8%) than that of surgery patients (2.6%).
There was an increased rate of stroke on patients who received Niaspan, but researchers cautioned that this may be due to chance.
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The rate of ischemic stroke increased by 31% in five to 14-year-olds, from 3.2 strokes per 10, 000 hospital cases to 4.2 per 10, 000.
After years of controversy, the Food and Drug Administration has asked Abbott Laboratories to yank the weight loss drug Meridia, generically known as sibutramine, from the market as a result of a large clinical trial that found the drug increased the rate of heart attack and stroke in patients at high cardiovascular risk.
"At a stroke, Greece can lower its real exchange rate and therefore be more competitive, " Mr. Bootle says.
But the report found that while aspirin may slow changes in cognitive ability in women at high risk of a heart attack or stroke, it made no difference to the rate at which the women developed dementia - which was also examined for by a neuropsychiatrist.
This week I refinanced my mortgage at a new, better rate, lowering my monthly expenses with a stroke of the pen.
But in October a 527-patient study sponsored by the French government found that 10% of patients who got neck stents died or had a stroke in the following month--double the complication rate for surgery.
Because the drug may increase heart rate, its use in people with recent unstable heart disease or stroke is not recommended.
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