Stroke:
News and research on Stroke, symptoms and treatment of stroke.
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Oct 16th, 2008
Doctors may have an additional 90 minutes to successfully administer clot-busting drugs to patients who suffer the most common type of stroke - an ischemic stroke - which is caused by a blood clot or other blockage within an artery leading to the brain.
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Sep 30th, 2008
American Indians have a higher rate of stroke than other groups, which in large part can be attributed to a high prevalence of diabetes.
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Sep 24th, 2008
American Indians have a higher incidence of stroke compared to white and black Americans and their first strokes may be more deadly.
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Sep 22nd, 2008
Now researchers are offering a high-tech device to help stroke patients regain the ability to walk more naturally and improve mobility.
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Sep 19th, 2008
Here is a good way to prevent recurrent stroke. Increasing general practice opening hours would improve the opportunity for assessment and urgent referral to specialist care of patients with a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke, which could prevent over 500 recurrent strokes a year in England alone.
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Sep 11th, 2008
Only 40 percent of ischemic stroke patients who had atrial fibrillation, a heart disorder putting them at high risk of clots, had received the effective anti-clotting drug warfarin before their stroke.
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Sep 9th, 2008
UCSF scientists have discovered that a gene controlling whether blood vessels differentiate into arteries or veins during embryonic development is linked to a vascular disorder in the brain that causes stroke.
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Sep 3rd, 2008
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association are joining organizations around the globe for World Stroke Day 2008 on Oct. 29 to highlight the importance of recognizing, treating and preventing “silent strokes.”
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Aug 30th, 2008
Researchers here have developed a new model for testing the effectiveness of therapies for stroke patients.
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Aug 29th, 2008
Only 40 percent of ischemic stroke patients who had atrial fibrillation, a heart disorder putting them at high risk of clots, had received the effective anti-clotting drug warfarin before their stroke.
