News tagged with stroke disability
Laser treatment clinical trial misses primary endpoint
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Using a laser to treat cells in the brain did not significantly reduce stroke disability, according to results of the first major clinical trial of laser therapy presented at the American Stroke Association's International ...
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Individualized stroke treatment available for patients, though underutilized
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Nearly 90 percent of the 700,000 strokes that affect U.S. patients each year are caused by a blockage of blood vessels supplying the brain, known as ischemic stroke. A new study published in Catheterization and Cardiovascular In ...
Women have a poorer quality of life after a stroke than men, study reveals
Sep 28, 2007 |
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A new University of Nottingham study has found that women have a poorer quality of life than men following a stroke.
Young adults with stroke symptoms are sometimes misdiagnosed in emergency rooms
Feb 18, 2009 |
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In the Misdiagnosis of Acute Stroke in the Young During Initial Presentation in the Emergency Room study, researchers reviewed data on 57 patients, ages 16 to 50 years old, enrolled since 2001 in the Young Stroke Registry ...
Not enough 'good' cholesterol makes it harder to recover from stroke
Nov 26, 2007 |
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People are at an increased risk of memory problems and greater disability after stroke if they have low levels of “good” cholesterol and high levels of homocysteine, an amino acid acquired mostly from eating meat. The findings ...
Women More Likely Than Men to Suffer Depression After Stroke
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Depression occurs in as many as one-third of patients after a stroke, and women are at somewhat higher risk, according to a large new review of studies. Post-stroke depression is associated with greater disability, ...
Clot-buster boosts survival, decreases disability for deadly subset of stroke
Feb 19, 2009 |
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New results from a multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins show that patients who got an experimental clot-busting treatment for a particularly lethal form of stroke were not only dramatically more likely to survive but also ...
Cholesterol-lowering drugs may help prevent stroke recurrence
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 25, 2009 |
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People who take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins after a stroke may be less likely to have another stroke later, according to research published in the May 26, 2009, print issue of Neurology.
Robotic therapy may reduce stroke physical disability years later
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Robot-assisted therapy may help stroke patients attain gains in their physical abilities long after the stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2009.
New Web tool may help predict risk of second stroke
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Scientists have developed a new web-based tool that may better predict whether a person will suffer a second stroke within 90 days of a first stroke, according to research published in the December 16, 2009, online issue ...
Researchers find previous exercise helps stroke patients recover faster
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 16, 2009 |
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A person who has exercised regularly prior to the onset of a stroke appears to recover more quickly, say researchers from Mayo Clinic in Florida, who led a national study.
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