Clinical trials are a critical step in improving treatments and care for acute stroke patients, and enrolling a large and diverse patient population in trials helps push research forward.
Sep 14, 2023
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Fitbits, Garmins or Apple Watches, whatever your preference, wearable activity trackers could help patients recover faster during a hospitalization, potentially easing some pressures on Australia's overburdened hospital system, ...
Jun 15, 2023
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Joe Granados was slumped in a chair when his wife—alerted by their children—came to check on him. He didn't seem like himself.
May 22, 2023
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May is National Stroke Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the signs and risk factors for stroke.
May 5, 2023
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Many patients don't receive much rehabilitation therapy following a stroke, despite strong evidence that higher amounts can reduce long-term disability, according to a new UCLA-led study that tracked over 500 patients across ...
Feb 6, 2023
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Mexican American stroke survivors in a South Texas study, were more likely to use less intensive forms of rehabilitation services than their non-Hispanic white peers, and nearly one-third of all the stroke survivors did not ...
Feb 2, 2023
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When learning to manipulate objects again after a stroke, a different grip strategy may be used as a stop gap, to compensate for any difficulties experienced during the healing period. When an area of the brain loses its ...
Dec 21, 2022
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Long-term survivors of stroke in Australia have "fallen into a black hole," left with lifelong disability with "inadequate" ongoing services and support, according to the authors of a Perspective published today by the Medical ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Stroke is a major cause of disability in Canada. More than 50,000 Canadians have a stroke every year and about 40% of those will live with lasting effects of stroke on their health. Once a person living with stroke returns ...
Jun 29, 2022
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Participation in cardiac rehabilitation is low among Asian, Black and Hispanic adults compared to white adults, with significant disparities by race/ethnicity regardless of income, according to new research published today ...
Jun 22, 2022
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