News tagged with stroke patients

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Costs to treat stroke in America may double by 2030

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.

Cardiology created May 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stroke patients respond similarly to after-stroke care, despite age difference

Age has little to do with how patients should be treated after suffering a stroke, according to new research from the University of Georgia.

Cardiology created May 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Patients fare better at hospitals using Get With The Guidelines-Stroke

People with strokes caused by blood clots fared better in hospitals participating in the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program according to a study presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes ...

Cardiology created May 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers develop novel Brain Training Device to reconnect brain and paralyzed limb after stroke

The world's first Brain Training Device has given a ray of new hope to the recovery of survivors after stroke. Developed by researchers of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, this novel device can detect brainwave and control ...

Neuroscience created May 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One in three stroke emergencies don't use EMS

More than a third of stroke patients don't get to the hospital by ambulance, even though that's the fastest way to get there, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart ...

Cardiology created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New model of how brain functions are organized may revolutionize stroke rehab

(Medical Xpress)—A new model of brain lateralization for movement could dramatically improve the future of rehabilitation for stroke patients, according to Penn State researcher Robert Sainburg, who proposed ...

Neuroscience created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New therapy device enables stroke victims to recover further

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a new stroke rehabilitation device which greatly improves recovery in stroke patients.

Neuroscience created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Shift of language function to right hemisphere impedes post-stroke aphasia recovery

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 ...

Neuroscience created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Antibiotic studied to reduce hemorrhagic stroke damage

A new study will help determine if an antibiotic is a partial antidote for the poisonous effect blood has on the brain following a hemorrhagic stroke, researchers say.

Cardiology created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Better treatment for stroke patients on horizon

Two molecules may provide, for the first time, an indication of which stroke patients will suffer a further, long-term neurological deficit, allowing doctors to tailor treatment more effectively.

Cardiology created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Certified stroke centers more likely to give clot-busting drugs

Stroke patients are three times more likely to receive clot-busting medication if treated at a certified stroke center, according to a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Cardiology created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Antiplatelet drugs don't up ICH risk in new study

(HealthDay)—Pre-existing antiplatelet use does not seem to be associated with an increased risk of ischemic hemorrhage (ICH), according to an observational study published in the February issue of Academic Em ...

Cardiology created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Results of trial to determine how to prevent future strokes encouraging

(Medical Xpress)—The results of a major, multicenter clinical trial to determine the best treatment for younger patients who have strokes that are potentially due to a hole in the upper chambers of the heart has provided ...

Cardiology created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Adults who experience stroke before age 50 have higher risk of death over long-term

In an examination of long-term mortality after stroke, adults 50 years of age and younger who experienced a stroke had a significantly higher risk of death in the following 20 years compared with the general population, according ...

Cardiology created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds devices no better than meds in recovery from clot-caused strokes

(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, ...

Cardiology created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0