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(PhysOrg.com) -- In capstone project, mechanical engineering students apply innovative and collaborative skills to create a rehab glove that stroke patients can use at home http://www.physorg.com/news180114779.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:56:40 EST news180114779 Patients who have a heart defect known as patent foramen ovale incidentally discovered and repaired during surgery for a different condition may have an increased odds of postoperative stroke, along with no clear benefit on short-term outcomes or long-term survival, according to a study in the July 15 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news166878522.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:40:01 EST news166878522 Even when patients recover most functional ability in the first months after a blood-clot related stroke, they gradually become more dependent over the next five years - especially those with Medicaid or no private insurance - according to a large study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://www.physorg.com/news165167935.html Medicine & Health Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:59:28 EST news165167935 A majority of high-risk stroke patients are less likely to meet clinical treatment targets to prevent repeat stroke or heart attacks compared to those with heart disease, suggesting the need to examine new therapeutic strategies, according to a study led by St. Michael's Hospital neurologist Dr. Gustavo Saposnik. What's more, medical procedures or ongoing specialty care may improve patients' awareness and consequent treatment success. http://www.physorg.com/news163693346.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:23:22 EST news163693346 Once symptoms start, there's only a tiny window of time for stroke victims to get life-saving treatment. Now, research from the Stanford University School of Medicine has cracked that window open a bit wider. http://www.physorg.com/news162749242.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 May 2009 17:07:44 EST news162749242 (AP) -- Special stockings commonly given to stroke patients to prevent blood clots don't work, a new study reported Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news162669160.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 May 2009 18:52:59 EST news162669160 (PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past few years, MIT engineers have successfully tested robotic devices to help stroke patients learn to control their arms and legs. Now, they`re building on that work to help children with cerebral palsy. http://www.physorg.com/news162041352.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 May 2009 12:29:35 EST news162041352 Patients who have lost part of their visual awareness following a stroke can show an improved ability to see when they are listening to music they like, according to a new study published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://www.physorg.com/news157048796.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:40:58 EST news157048796 In Florida, black young adults are hospitalized for stroke at a rate three times higher than their white and Hispanic peers, a new study by University of South Florida researchers reports. The study was presented today at the American Heart Association's Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Annual Conference and appears in the online version of the international journal Neuroepidemiology. http://www.physorg.com/news156169185.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:20:37 EST news156169185 Giving clot-busting drugs to patients who wake up with stroke symptoms appears to be as safe as giving it to those in the recommended three-hour window, according to researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. http://www.physorg.com/news156094923.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:42:43 EST news156094923 Rush University Medical Center is participating in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study to determine the best course of treatment to reduce the risk of stroke patients suffering another stroke. The study will determine if aggressive treatment of stroke victims for high blood pressure and cholesterol, along with placing a stent to widen a narrowed artery in a patient's brain, is better than intensive medical therapy alone. http://www.physorg.com/news155324657.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:44:57 EST news155324657 Mayo Clinic researchers have shown that patients who were taking statins before a stroke experienced better outcomes and recovery than patients who weren't on the drug - even when their cholesterol levels were ideal. The finding is reported in the current issue of the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. http://www.physorg.com/news154889379.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:50:15 EST news154889379 An experimental therapy using tiny bubbles activated by transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound combined with the clot busting drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is more effective than tPA alone in treating patients suffering from ischemic stroke, according to new research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference in San Diego. http://www.physorg.com/news154265341.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:29:25 EST news154265341 A first-of-its-kind stem cell study to treat acute stroke victims is being launched by investigators at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. http://www.physorg.com/news153760800.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:20:26 EST news153760800 Some patients who suffer a stroke as a result of a blockage in an artery in the brain may benefit from a clot-busting drug nine or more hours after the onset of symptoms. The findings are published in the online edition of Radiology. http://www.physorg.com/news153404015.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:14:29 EST news153404015 (PhysOrg.com) -- Vampires aren't usually cast in the role of saviors, but stroke experts are hoping a blood thinner that mimics a chemical in vampire saliva will help save brain cells in stroke patients. http://www.physorg.com/news149871922.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:05:22 EST news149871922 (PhysOrg.com) -- Patients who take the commonly used blood-thinning drug warfarin face larger amounts of bleeding in the brain and increased risk of mortality if they suffer a hemorrhagic stroke, new research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows. http://www.physorg.com/news141927166.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:12:46 EST news141927166 A dietary supplement containing isoflavone - a chemical found in soybeans, chickpeas, legumes and clovers - can improve artery function in stroke patients according to new research published online in Europe's leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal today (Wednesday 24 September). http://www.physorg.com/news141449119.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:25:19 EST news141449119 Increasing general practice opening hours would improve the opportunity for assessment and urgent referral to specialist care of patients with a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke, which could prevent over 500 recurrent strokes a year in England alone, concludes a study published on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news141015950.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:05:50 EST news141015950 Patients who require therapy to lower their blood pressure following a stroke do not appear to be at a higher risk for bleeding or other adverse outcomes after receiving anti-clotting therapy, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://www.physorg.com/news140111752.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:55:52 EST news140111752 People who walk on a treadmill even years after stroke damage can significantly improve their health and mobility, changes that reflect actual "rewiring" of their brains, according to research spearheaded at Johns Hopkins. http://www.physorg.com/news139157735.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:55:35 EST news139157735 If a stroke patient doesn't get treatment within approximately the first three hours of symptoms, there's not much doctors can do to limit damage to the brain. http://www.physorg.com/news138885658.html Medicine & Health Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:20:58 EST news138885658 Researchers at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center say that their first-of-its-kind study of a telemedicine program which transports stroke specialists via computer desktop or even laptop to the patient`s bedside, using highly sophisticated video, audio and Internet technology, could have an immediate and profound impact on the treatment of stroke patients throughout the world. http://www.physorg.com/news136968739.html Medicine & Health Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:52:19 EST news136968739