Minorities and women suffering from a stroke may be less likely to receive the clot-busting treatment tPA, known as tissue plasminogen activator, according to a 2016 study from Penn Medicine and other institutions published in the online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. A release from Penn Medicine reports… Continue reading Minorities, Women, & the Elderly Less Likely to Receive Life-Saving Stroke Treatment
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Treatment for Stroke Shows Wide Regional Variations
According to a new study, treatment for stroke varies sharply from region to region – and thousands of people a year may end up unnecessarily disabled as a result. In the July issue of the journal Stroke, University of Michigan Medical School researchers report the results of a study that for the first time shows… Continue reading Treatment for Stroke Shows Wide Regional Variations
A New Way to Treat Brain Damage
Medicine should treat neurological disorders by focusing on the ability of the brain and nervous system to heal themselves, rather than just prescribing clot-busting drugs and similar remedies, according to two top experts. Michael Chopp, Ph,D., internationally renowned stroke researcher and scientific director of the Neuroscience Institute at Henry Ford Hospital, and Zhenggang Zhang,M.D., Ph.D.,… Continue reading A New Way to Treat Brain Damage