News tagged with stroke survivors
Improving impaired attention may help patients recover from stroke
Jul 23, 2009 |
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It may be possible to improve impaired attention after stroke -- which could aid recovery -- according to research reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Caring for stroke survivors sometimes stressful, but also rewarding
May 01, 2009 |
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While caring for stroke survivors can be highly stressful for some families, many families feel little or no strain from caregiving, and even report that being a caregiver can be personally rewarding, according to research ...
Stroke survivors improve balance with tai chi
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Stroke can impair balance, heightening the risk of a debilitating fall. But a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher has found that stroke survivors can improve their balance by practicing the Chinese martial art of ...
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Simple test may identify stroke survivors at risk of another cardiovascular event
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Measuring circulation in the ankle using a device similar to a blood pressure cuff can help identify asymptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) in stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) survivors, a group at much higher ...
Hodgkin lymphoma survivors have increased risk of stroke and transient ischemic attack
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Patients treated for Hodgkin lymphoma with radiation therapy have a substantially higher risk of stroke, according to a new study published June 17 online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Stroke survivors report loss of sexual desire, blurred gender roles, anger and fatigue
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Suffering a stroke can have a profound effect on relationships and lead to significant changes in how couples relate to each other on a physical, psychological, social and emotional level, according a study in the June issue ...
Preventing repeat strokes -- are survivors taking their medicine?
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Since 1999, stroke survivors have been advised to use aspirin, prescription antiplatelet agents, or prescription anticoagulants to help avoid another stroke. Many large surveys of the U.S. population have reported the use ...
Research shows how a stroke affects hand function
Jun 15, 2009 |
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BETHESDA, Md. (June 15, 2009) A person whose hand function has been affected by a stroke can release an object more quickly when the affected arm is supported on a platform, but the support does not make it easier to grip ...
Stroke doubles patients' risk of hip or thigh fracture
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Stroke survivors have about twice the risk of breaking a hip or femur compared to those without stroke — and the risk is even greater for younger patients, women and those with recent strokes, Dutch researchers report in ...
Stroke survivors walk better after human-assisted rehab
May 08, 2008 |
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Walking therapy for stroke survivors is significantly more effective when conducted by a physical therapist instead of a robot, according a small study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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.
Mouse brain rewires its neural circuits to recuperate from damaged neural function after stroke
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Japanese research group led by Professor Junichi Nabekura in National Institute for Physiological Sciences, NIPS, Japan, found that, after cerebral stroke in one side of the mouse brain, another side of the brain rewires ...
Childhood cancer survivors less likely to marry, researchers find
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Adult survivors of childhood cancer are 20 to 25 percent more likely to never marry compared with siblings and the general population, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Bi ...
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