_ Brain Health Stroke Stroke: What You Need to Know By article A stroke could cause anyone lasting physical and mental problems, or even death, and older people are at higher risk. … Read More→
Stroke Intensive PT Helps Stroke Survivors Regain Arm Function By article The key to regaining arm function after suffering a stroke is to spend more time in an intensive physical therapy … Read More→
_ Stroke How to Recognize and Prevent Stroke By article May is Stroke Awareness Month, a good time to bring attention to the deadly issue of stroke. According to the … Read More→
_ Stroke Most Women Don't Know Stroke Symptoms By article According to a national survey by The Ohio State University, most women donΓÇÖt know their risk factors for stroke, or … Read More→
_ Stroke TIA A "Game Changing" Treatment for Stroke By article Researchers have discovered that removing a clot, in combination with standard drug therapy, can be a ΓÇ£game changerΓÇ¥ in treating … Read More→
_ Stroke Effectiveness of New Stroke Treatment Confirmed By article Research done at the University of Calgary in the UK and published in April 2015 the New England Journal of … Read More→
_ Stroke Vision Health Helping a Stroke Patient Recover 3D Vision By article Impaired vision is one of the most common consequences of a stroke. In rare cases, patients may even lose their … Read More→
_ Heart Health Stroke Life after Heart Attack and Stroke By thirdAGE article Increasing numbers of people are surviving heart attacks and stroke, but they may suffer a sharper, decline in physical abilities … Read More→
_ Stroke ThirdAge Health Close-Up: ΓÇ£I Felt Like I Was Buried AliveΓÇ¥ By Sondra Forsyth article As told to Sherry Amatenstein, LCSW On October 17, 2010 shortly after her 49th birthday Allison OΓÇÖReilly didnΓÇÖt feel like herself. The McLean, Virginia author of Out of Darkness explains, ΓÇ£My left arm hurt all day. I took Advil. That night the room started spinning, my ears were ringing, and I felt really sick.ΓÇ¥
_ Senior Health Stroke Stroke Rates Have Dropped 40% for People 65+ By Sondra Forsyth article A new analysis of data from 1988-2008 by researchers at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine has revealed a 40% decrease in the incidence of stroke in Medicare patients 65 years of age and older. The decline is greater than anticipated considering this population's risk factors for stroke. Not only that, but the drop applies to both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. The team also found that deaths resulting from stroke declined during the same period. The findings are published in the July 2014 issue of The American Journal of Medicine.
_ Stroke Fewer Stroke Deaths Over Past 2 Decades By Sondra Forsyth article Fewer Americans are having strokes and those who do have a lower risk of dying from them according to a a study led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers and is published in the July 16th 2014 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
_ Stroke A Longer Window for Treating Stroke? By Adprime Admin article There is an urgent need for developing new drugs that can alleviate the harmful effects of a stroke because current treatment possibilities using thrombolysis are limited to the first hours following a stroke. To that end, researchers at Lund University in Sweden are studying brain cells known as pericytes. The team discovered in 2012 that pericytes can for new cells. According to a release from the university, the 2014 research shows for the first time that pericytes are directly involved in the reaction of the brain tissue after stroke.