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  1. Health & Medicine

    Inside job dissolves blood clot pronto

    An experimental procedure that delivers a clot-busting drug directly to the brain can bring on a remarkable turnaround in some stroke patients.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Aspirin resistance carries real risks

    Some people are resistant to the blood-thinning effects of aspirin, making them more vulnerable to stroke or heart problems.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Aneurysm risk may get passed down

    A heightened risk of having a brain aneurysm seems to be passed down in some families, and the life-threatening rupture of an aneurysm appears to strike earlier in a succeeding generation.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Brains carry odd load after strokes

    People who die from a stroke have accumulations of a protein called amyloid beta in the thalamus, a part of the brain involved in motor control and sensory processing.