PHYSorg.com: PHYSorg news tagged with: symptom onset http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Stroke patients who reach hospitals within 'golden hour' twice as likely to get clot-busting drug Patients who arrived at specific hospitals within one hour of experiencing stroke symptoms received a powerful clot-busting drug twice as often as those who arrived later in the approved time window for treatment, according to a new study presented today at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news154180229.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:50:56 EST news154180229 Arrival method, slow response often delay stroke care Most stroke patients can't recall when their symptoms started or do not arrive at the hospital in a timely manner, so they cannot be considered for time-dependent therapies such as the clot-busting drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), researchers reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://www.physorg.com/news137390729.html Medicine & Health Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:05:29 EST news137390729