In-patient rehab recommended over nursing homes for stroke rehab
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Scientific Statement
View ArticleBlood Thinners on "As Needed" Basis is Safe and Effective for Lowering Stroke...
Penn researchers find anticoagulants, routine pulse monitoring effective in treating atrial fibrillation
View ArticleBlood pressure over time may better predict stroke, death risk
Study Highlights: The pattern of systolic blood pressure from middle age onward may tell more than a single blood pressure reading about a person’s risk of stroke and death from other diseases linked...
View ArticleStroke in younger Danish adults spiked over the past two decades
American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report
View ArticleU.S. stroke hospitalizations drop overall, but increase for young people and...
American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report
View ArticleCan a Computer Assist in Prescribing Stroke Preventing Therapy?
CINCINNATI— Physician-researchers in the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati have developed a computerized decision support tool that uses a combination of patient information and...
View ArticleAspirin should be given immediately after a minor stroke
New evidence suggests the short-term benefits of aspirin straight after a minor stroke have been underestimated
View ArticlePortuguese study did not find an increased stroke risk for football fans
All-clear signal for the upcoming EURO: Many spectators become quite excited during close football matches, but their agitation does not seem to lead to an increased stroke risk. A study that was...
View ArticleNew therapy options bring about changes in stroke care
There are more well-founded therapy options for the treatment of strokes than ever before. Care has to be reorganised before these innovations are actually used on patients. At the Congress of the...
View ArticleFostering hope for stroke patients
When Ron LaCombe, a volunteer and one of the first “peer” stroke survivors, comes to the Stroke Unit he finds information about the patients he
View ArticleStatin drugs reduce infection risk in stroke patients
SPOKANE, Wash. – A Washington State University researcher has found that statin drugs can dramatically lower the risk of infections in stroke patients.
View ArticleUM Neurologists and Neurointerventionalists Revolutionize Standard of Care...
More than 750,000 stroke cases occur in the United States every year, making it the fifth-leading cause of death and the leading cause of adult disability. Moreover, 85 percent of strokes are ischemic,...
View ArticleMany At-Risk Stroke Patients Prescribed Aspirin Only Instead of Blood Thinners
UCSF and UC San Diego Study Shows Gap in Beneficial Use of Oral Anticoagulants
View ArticleSimple, widely available and inexpensive recreational activities may be as...
Sometimes in health care, simple activities CAN be just as effective as the latest technology.
View ArticleBlood Coagulation Detector May Help in Monitoring Stroke Risk
Researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) show that an analyzer recently developed to measure blood coagulability has the sensitivity to detect hypercoagulatibility associated with...
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