http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. In a study designed to differentiate why some stroke patients recover from aphasia and others do not, investigators have found that a compensatory reorganization of language function to right hemispheric brain regions bodes poorly for language recovery. Patients who recovered from aphasia showed a return to normal left-hemispheric language activation patterns. These results, which may open up new rehabilitation strategies, are available in the current issue of Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-shift-language-function-hemisphere-impedes.html Neuroscience Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:46:39 EST news284298392 Adding endovascular therapy to clot-busting therapy for stroke did not significantly improve stroke recovery at three months, according to a study presented in a special symposium at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-adding-endovascular-therapy-tpa-didnt.html Cardiology Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:50:01 EST news279524104 Johns Hopkins researchers have found that mice can recover from physically debilitating strokes that damage the primary motor cortex, the region of the brain that controls most movement in the body, if the rodents are quickly subjected to physical conditioning that rapidly "rewires" a different part of the brain to take over lost function. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-mice-rewires-brain-centers.html Neuroscience Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:50:26 EST news279280216 The fat- and sugar-rich Western diet leads to a lifetime of health problems, dramatically increasing the risk of stroke or death at a younger age, according to a study presented today at the Canadian Stroke Congress. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-cafeteria-diet-hastens.html Cardiology Mon, 01 Oct 2012 02:50:02 EST news268277540 (Medical Xpress) -- In work that may revolutionise rehabilitation for stroke patients, researchers from The University of Auckland and the Auckland District Health Board have shown it is possible to predict an individual’s potential for recovery of hand and arm function after a stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-recovery.html Neuroscience Wed, 01 Aug 2012 08:30:02 EST news263027820 (Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at UCLA have identified a novel molecule in the brain that, after stroke, blocks the formation of new connections between neurons. As a result, it limits the brain’s recovery. In a mouse model, the researchers showed that blocking this molecule—called ephrin-A5--induces axonal sprouting, that is, the growth of new connections between the brain’s neurons, or cells, and as a result promotes functional recovery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-molecule-inhibits-recovery.html Medical research Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:10:04 EST news262583860 (Medical Xpress) -- People with a curious condition that causes them to apply make-up on only one side of their face, or ignore food on half of their plate, are playing a new role in understanding stroke recovery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-patients.html Neuroscience Mon, 21 May 2012 06:39:39 EST news256801169 Copenhagen, 16 March 2012: Stroke survivors who like art have a significantly higher quality of life than those who do not, according to new research. Patients who appreciated music, painting and theatre recovered better from their stroke than patients who did not. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-art-survivors-quality-life.html Cardiology Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:30:02 EST news251093278 Scientists at the Sahlgrenska Academy have discovered an explanation of how stroke patients can achieve better recovery. A hormone that is associated with the growth hormone system has proved to benefit recovery during the later phases of rehabilitation after a stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-hormone-long-term-recovery.html Medical research Mon, 16 May 2011 16:21:14 EST news224781649