Archive for the ‘Stroke / Neuroprotection’ Category
Saturday, June 7th, 2008
According to new figures from The Stroke Association, a staggering nine out of ten (88 per cent) of stroke survivors in England are left unsupported and isolated in the community.Aphasia is one of the most common disabilities following a stroke, affecting one's ability to speak and understand language. The charity ...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
US doctors have reported a case of a man whose irregular heart rhythm was probably restored to normal after he was given a shock with a Taser gun, lending support to the argument that these devices have the potential to alter the function of the heart.The case appears in the ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
An article published in the May 28 issue of JAMA reportsthat patients who took the drug escitalopram or participated in aproblem-solving therapy group during the year following a stroke werefound to have a lower risk of depression compared to patients whoreceivedplacebo.Of the over 700,000 incidences of stroke per year in ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Dr. Pierre Gobin is the inventor of the MERCI Retriever, a catheter corkscrew device that slips into the blood vessels of the brain to hook onto and then remove blood clots. But now, Dr. Gobin is working on another pioneering advancement: the combination of the MERCI device with a ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
National Stroke Association is joining with the United States Mint in celebrating the release of the new President John Quincy Adams $1 coin. Our nation's sixth president suffered a stroke on the floor of the House of Representatives in 1848. He died two days later. "We are so pleased to ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 8 -- Stroke survivors derive much more benefit from walking therapy when it's conducted by a physical therapist instead of a robotic device, report researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago.When stroke patients are too weak to walk on their own, physical therapists fit the patients in ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
The nation's largest study aimed at exploring regional and racial differences in stroke illness and stroke death has earned a $20.8 million grant renewal.The funding renewal puts the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, which has enrolled more than 30,200 U.S. study participants, in a position ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Despite widespread use of cholesterol-lowering drugs, a significant number of cardiac patients continue to suffer heart attacks and stroke. Researchers theorize that high levels of an enzyme found in coronary plaques may be to blame, by making plaques more likely to rupture and block blood flow. The drug darapladib may ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
The Stroke Association believes that everyone should have the same holiday choices, so the charity has partnered with Accessible Travel & Leisure to provide tailored holidays for stroke survivors and their families. Following a stroke, a holiday can be therapeutic, but travelling is a lot more stressful and tiring ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) announced that it has received approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to proceed with the Gore REDUCE* Clinical Study. The Gore REDUCE Clinical Study is a prospective, randomized, multi-center, multinational trial designed to demonstrate safety and effectiveness of the GORE HELEX ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Hospitalizations for ischemic stroke fell by a third between 1997 and 2007, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. An ischemic stroke is when a blood clot blocks the flow of blood to the brain. While 54 of every 10,000 Americans age ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Mary Harney TD, Minister for Health and Children yesterday welcomed the publication of the Irish Heart Foundation National Audit of Stroke Care, conducted with the support of the Department of Health & Children. Minister Harney notes the comprehensive nature of the report covering the spectrum of care from prevention to ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Joe Korner, Director of External Affairs at The Stroke Association comments:"The Stroke Association and cardiovascular experts have recommended active intervention to assess people's risk of stroke for some time - we therefore applaud today's announcement. "An estimated 150,000 people in the UK will have a stroke each year. ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
The ONTARGET study is quite rightly being heralded as one of the most important cardiovascular studies for nearly ten years. It helps us understand how people in the UK at the highest risk of cardiovascular disease can best be protected from the devastating effects of heart attacks and strokes." Bryan ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Preliminary results from a major multi-centre UK pilot trial into Stroke are to be announced at the University of Leicester on 22 April. Stroke is the third highest cause of death in the United Kingdom, and the single biggest cause of adult disability, with over 300,000 individuals living in ...
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