http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Costs to treat stroke are projected to more than double and the number of people having strokes may increase 20 percent by 2030, according to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-america.html Cardiology Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:01 EST news288435573 Telestroke programs substantially improve access to life-saving stroke care, extending coverage to less populated areas in an effort to reduce disparities in stroke care access. A new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, being presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 65th Annual Meeting in San Diego March 16-23, 2013, found that telemedicine programs in Oregon pushed stroke coverage into previously uncovered, less populated areas and expanded coverage by approximately 40 percent. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-telestroke-access-percent.html Cardiology Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:50:27 EST news282566997 (Medical Xpress)—When someone has a stroke, time equals brain. The longer a stroke is left untreated, the more brain tissue is lost. Since the only proven treatment—a clot-busting drug—works in less than half of patients, stroke physicians had high hopes for a mechanical device that could travel through the blocked blood vessel to retrieve or break up the clot, restoring blood flow to the brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-devices-meds-recovery-clot-caused.html Cardiology Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:50:01 EST news282469258 People having an ischemic stroke should receive clot-dissolving therapy – if appropriate—within 60 minutes of arriving at the hospital, according to new American Stroke Association guidelines published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-people-therapy-minutes-hospital.html Cardiology Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:00:03 EST news278869571 Researchers have found that using telemedicine to deliver stroke care, also known as telestroke, appears to be cost-effective for rural hospitals that do not have an around-the-clock neurologist, or stroke expert, on staff. The research, published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, is intended to help hospital administrators evaluate telestroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-telestroke-effective-hospitals.html Cardiology Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:43:47 EST news273851018 Improvements to the diagnosis and screening of sleep apnea are critical to stroke prevention, according to new stroke care guidelines released today at the Canadian Stroke Congress. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-apnea-dual-role.html Sleep apnea Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:41:02 EST news268371652 Stroke care has improved considerably in Alberta following the implementation of the Alberta Provincial Stroke Strategy (APSS), leading to more targeted patient care and fewer health complications, according to a study presented today at the Canadian Stroke Congress. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-provincial-effort-alberta.html Cardiology Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:38:41 EST news268371514 Widespread use of telestroke—two-way audiovisual linkups between neurologists in stroke centres and emergency rooms in underserved and rural areas—would save lives, reduce disability and cut health-care costs in all parts of Canada, according to a major national report released today at the Canadian Stroke Congress. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-telestroke-provinces-disability.html Cardiology Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:31:33 EST news268371086 Medical residents training to work in the emergency department need more formal stroke training, says a study presented today at the Canadian Stroke Congress, noting that, as the first point of contact in stroke care, they see nearly 100 per cent of stroke patients taken to hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-emergency-grade.html Cardiology Mon, 01 Oct 2012 03:00:44 EST news268279231 Stroke patients in rural Nova Scotia receive better treatment and are less likely to end up in long-term care facilities than they were before the province's stroke strategy was rolled out in 2008, according to a study presented today at the Canadian Stroke Congress. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-provincial-strategy-rural-residents-nova.html Cardiology Mon, 01 Oct 2012 02:24:30 EST news268277063 One of the key indicators of the quality of care provided by hospitals to acute stroke victims is the percentage of patients who die within a 30-day period. A new study shows that the decisions made by patients and their families to stop care may account for as many as 40 percent of these stroke-related deaths, calling into question whether it is a valid measure of a hospital's skill in providing stroke care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-validity-quality.html Neuroscience Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:00:02 EST news265291854 (HealthDay) -- The largest study of its kind finds that stroke patients benefit from a clot-busting drug even six hours after a stroke, suggesting that the current recommended 4.5-hour limit could be expanded. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-clot-buster-hours.html Cardiology Thu, 24 May 2012 04:40:01 EST news257051929 Following a stroke, factors as varied as blood sugar, body temperature and position in bed can affect patient outcomes, Loyola University Medical Center researchers report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-minimize.html Neuroscience Mon, 14 May 2012 16:56:07 EST news256233357 Neuroimaging for stroke patients may be unnecessarily costly and redundant, contributing to rising costs nationwide for stroke care, according to University of Michigan research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-physicians-costly-redundant-neuroimaging-patients.html Neuroscience Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:20:41 EST news250186825 Research led by Dr. Vladimir Hachinski of The University of Western Ontario reveals just how important it is for patients to be referred to a stroke prevention clinic following either a mild stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA). The study, published in the journal Stroke in November, showed a 26% reduction in one-year mortality rates among those referred to a stroke prevention clinic. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-clinics-one-year-mortality-percent.html Cardiology Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:11:04 EST news239893848 New research shows people with dementia who have a stroke are more likely to become disabled and not return home compared to people who didn't have dementia at the time they had a stroke. The study is published in the November 1, 2011, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-people-dementia-home.html Neuroscience Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:00:01 EST news239289179 The use of long-distance video and data hookups to link remote community hospitals with stroke neurologists in large centres provides the same level of care as having everyone in the same room, according to a new study presented today at the Canadian Stroke Congress. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-telestroke.html Cardiology Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:48:02 EST news236922460 The Neurocritical Care Society is releasing a comprehensive set of guidelines this week to guide physicians and hospitals on how to optimally care for patient's ruptured brain aneurysms. One of the strongest recommendations is that all patients receive specialized care at high-volume stroke centers that treat at least 60 cases per year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-proven-benefits-brain-aneurysm-patients.html Neuroscience Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:37:44 EST news235661854 In a first of its kind study, researchers have found that using two way audio-video telemedicine to deliver stroke care, also known as telestroke, appears to be cost-effective for rural hospitals that don't have an around-the-clock neurologist, or stroke expert, on staff. The research is published in the September 14, 2011, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-good-news-rural-patients-virtual.html Neuroscience Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:29:43 EST news235236545 Stroke patients who need emergency care should be taken to the nearest certified primary stroke center, which acts as a central point for stroke treatment, according to recommendations from the Brain Attack Coalition (BAC), a group representing medical, scientific, nonprofit and government leaders in the field of stroke. The recommendations, which reflect advances in stroke treatment over the past decade, are published online in the September issue of the journal Stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-brain-coalition-primary-centers.html Cardiology Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:58:40 EST news233571506 Patients who received several sessions of a "motivational interview" early after a stroke had normal mood, fewer instances of depression and greater survival rates at one year compared to patients who received standard stroke care, according to new research reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-depression-survival.html Cardiology Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:52:53 EST news228066751 Disparities between racial/ethnic minorities and whites cross all aspects of stroke care, according to an American Heart Association/American Stroke Association scientific statement. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-disparities-prevail-racialethnic-groups.html Cardiology Thu, 26 May 2011 16:38:02 EST news225646650 New research from the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine shows that doctors can make a stroke diagnosis using an iPhone application with the same accuracy as a diagnosis at a medical computer workstation. This technology can be particularly useful in rural medical settings. This allows for real-time access to specialists such as neurologists, regardless of where the physicians and patients are located. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-iphone-app.html Other Mon, 09 May 2011 09:35:19 EST news224152495