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Stroke group expands time for clot-busting drugs

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A change to stroke treatment guidelines is expanding the time that some patients can get clot-busting drugs. Current recommendations limit the use of the medicine to within three hours after the start of stroke symptoms. ...


Study expands window for effective stroke treatment

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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.


Poor sleep quality leads to poorer prognosis after stroke

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stroke victims tend to do worse if they also have diagnosed or undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea prior to having the stroke, according to a study presented April 28, 2009, at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) annual ...


Preventing a second stroke is focus of study at Rush University Medical Center

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Evidence appears to show how and where frontal lobe works

Evidence appears to show how and where frontal lobe works

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(Physorg.com) -- A Brown University study of stroke victims has produced evidence that the frontal lobe of the human brain controls decision-making along a continuum from abstract to concrete, from front to ...