Neuroscience
Mobile stroke units designed to quickly reach, treat patients
"Time is brain." That's the mantra of physicians who warn that those with stroke symptoms need immediate medical attention.
Nov 28, 2017
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Cardiology
Stroke patients may have more time to get treatment, study finds
Patients and doctors long have relied on a simple rule of thumb for seeking care after an ischemic stroke: "Time is brain."
Nov 22, 2017
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Cardiology
Study: Risk factors on rise among people with stroke
Despite prevention efforts, researchers have found a significant increase over a 10-year period in the percentage of people with stroke who have high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and other risk factors for stroke. The ...
Oct 11, 2017
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Neuroscience
Safe to treat dementia patients with clot-busting drugs
Stroke patients with dementia treated with intravenous thrombolysis using powerful clot-busting drugs are at no higher risk of brain haemorrhage or death than other patients receiving the same treatment, a study from Karolinska ...
Oct 9, 2017
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Cardiology
Less than half of stroke patients nationwide are prescribed recommended cholesterol-lowering medication
Nationwide, less than half of stroke patients discharged from the hospital received a prescription for cholesterol-lowering medications called statins, and the likelihood of a prescription varied by patients' geographic location, ...
Aug 2, 2017
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Cardiology
Quitting statins after stroke may raise risk of another stroke
Stroke patients who stopped taking statin drugs three to six months after a first ischemic stroke, the type caused by narrowed arteries, had a higher risk of a having another stroke within a year, according to new research ...
Aug 2, 2017
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Cardiology
Software-based system improves the ability to determine the cause of ischemic stroke
Determining the cause of an ischemic stroke - one caused by an interruption of blood supply - is critical to preventing a second stroke and is a primary focus in the evaluation of stroke patients. But despite that importance, ...
Mar 29, 2017
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Cardiology
Most atrial fibrillation patients don't get preventive drug before stroke
More than 80 percent of stroke patients with a history of atrial fibrillation either received not enough or no anticoagulation therapy prior to having a stroke, despite the drugs' proven record of reducing stroke risk, according ...
Mar 14, 2017
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Cardiology
Study finds stroke care faster for men than women
(HealthDay)—Male stroke patients are more than twice as likely as female patients to receive clot-busting stroke treatment within 30 minutes of hospital arrival, a new study reports.
Feb 24, 2017
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Cardiology
Receiving a clot-buster drug before reaching the hospital may reduce stroke disability
Stroke patients receiving clot-busting medications before arriving at the hospital have a lower risk for disability afterward, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference ...
Feb 23, 2017
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