News tagged with stroke patients

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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

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

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

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

Stroke damage in mice overcome by training that 'rewires' brain centers

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 ...

Neuroscience created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New device to remove stroke-causing blood clots proves better than standard tool

Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death and a common cause of long-term disability in the United States, but doctors have very few proven treatment methods. Now a new device that mechanically removes ...

Cardiology created Aug 26, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Smoking marijuana associated with higher stroke risk in young adults

Marijuana, the most widely used illicit drug, may double stroke risk in young adults, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2013.

Cardiology created Feb 06, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (9) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

What you hear could depend on what your hands are doing

New research links motor skills and perception, specifically as it relates to a second finding—a new understanding of what the left and right brain hemispheres "hear." Georgetown University Medical Center researchers say ...

Neuroscience created Oct 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study shows daily aspirin intake can lead to blindness

(Medical Xpress) -- A new study published in Ophthalmology reveals that while taking a daily aspirin may reduce the risks of heart disease and stroke, a disturbing side effect has also been noted to increase the risk of dev ...

Ophthalmology created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (10) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Electrical stimulation to the brain makes learning easier

(Medical Xpress) -- A new study presented at the British Science Festival by Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg from the University of Oxford shows that the application of small electrical currents to specific parts ...

Neuroscience created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Learning to control brain activity improves visual sensitivity

Training human volunteers to control their own brain activity in precise areas of the brain can enhance fundamental aspects of their visual sensitivity, according to a new study. This non-invasive 'neurofeedback' ...

Neuroscience created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study points to potential treatment for stroke

Stanford University School of Medicine neuroscientists have demonstrated, in a study to be published online April 24 in Stroke, that a compound mimicking a key activity of a hefty, brain-based protein is capable of increa ...

Cardiology created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Changes in the gut bacteria protect against stroke

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg demonstrate that an altered gut microbiota in humans is associated with symptomatic atherosclerosis and stroke. ...

Medical research created Dec 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Immune response to heart attack worsens atherosclerosis, increases future risk

A heart attack doesn't just damage heart muscle tissue by cutting off its blood supply, it also sets off an inflammatory cascade that worsens underlying atherosclerosis, actively increasing the risk for a future heart attack. ...

Cardiology created Jun 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Clot-busting enzyme plays 'peek-a-boo' with blood clots

By discovering how a blood clot-busting enzyme is switched on, researchers have unlocked a century-old atomic riddle that could lead to new treatments for clotting and bleeding disorders, and some cancers.

Medical research created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast