Stroke:
News and research on Stroke, symptoms and treatment of stroke.
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Jun 18th, 2009
Reporters are invited to meet the team that invented a revolutionary new system that improves the quality of life for people paralysed by stroke or spinal cord injury.
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Jun 9th, 2009
New stroke treatment strategies are needed as stroke patients less likely to meet treatment goals than heart disease patients.
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Jun 5th, 2009
The focus on acute stroke in the UK government’s national stroke strategy may distract attention and resources from other important elements of stroke care.
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Jun 5th, 2009
Only one in five UK patients have surgery to reduce their risk of stroke within the two week target time set by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
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Jun 2nd, 2009
About half of all people who have a major stroke following a warning stroke (a transient ischemic attack or mild stroke) have it within 24 hours of the first event.
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Jun 1st, 2009
New research has found that half of mini-strokes lead to major stroke within hours of onset of symptoms. A new study from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom highlights the importance of rapid treatment for signs of mini-stroke, also called a TIA (transient ischemic attack). Researchers viewed databases to find that half of mini strokes result in a major stroke within twenty-four hours.
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May 29th, 2009
Giving stroke patients a clot-busting drug within three hours of the start of symptoms is a long-established guideline, and recent research demonstrates that extending that treatment window by an hour-and-a-half could still benefit some patients.
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May 29th, 2009
Treating patients with stroke using clot-busting drugs provides better outcomes when the drugs are delivered sooner than later. However, the use of clot busting drugs more than three hours after a stroke has occurred has not been established as a therapeutic norm. Results of a new study shows that the use of clot busting drugs for stroke should be expanded beyond three hours, suggesting that guidelines for immediate treatment of stroke may need to be altered.
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May 7th, 2009
For decades, treating strokes has been based on quickly restoring blood flow, in hopes of minimizing damage to brain tissue. But patients rarely seek medical attention soon enough to be helped before the damage is done.
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May 6th, 2009
The traditional stroke symptoms are well known and include a sudden onset of numbness or weakness on one side of the body, trouble talking, loss of vision, or coordination problems. But in women, doctors and bystanders should be paying attention to something else.
