Newer Blood Pressure Drug No Better Than Placebo in Preventing Stroke (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The blood pressure drug telmisartan does not lower the rate of stroke, cardiovascular events or diabetes better than a placebo in patients who have had a stroke, a new study finds.

Stroke drugs show similar results, or no benefits (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Two studies released on Wednesday call into question the advantage of using a blood pressure medicine and a well-known blood thinner for preventing the recurrence of a stroke.

Five-stroke lead for Rashid (The Hindu)

NEW DELHI: Rashid Khan fired a three-under 69 to open up a five-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the LG Northern India Open golf championship at the Delhi Golf Club course here on Wednesday. A second successive sub-par card gave ...

Md. Delegate to Convention Suffers a Stroke (Washington Post)

DENVER -- A spokesman for the Maryland Democratic Party says a delegate to the convention in Denver has suffered a stroke.

Loyola Working On New Therapy For Stroke Victims (WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago)

Researchers at Loyola Medical Center in Maywood are working on a promising new breakthrough for stroke patients.  WBBM's Regine Schlesinger reports it's a treatment that could undo the damage from a stroke. Currently, if a stroke victim doesn't get treatment within the first 3 hours of symptoms, there's not much doctors can do to limit the brain damage.  But, now Dr. Wendy