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_ StrokeEffectiveness of New Stroke Treatment Confirmed By articleResearch done at the University of Calgary in the UK and published in April 2015 the New England Journal of … Read More→
_ Stroke Vision HealthHelping a Stroke Patient Recover 3D Vision By articleImpaired vision is one of the most common consequences of a stroke. In rare cases, patients may even lose their … Read More→
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_ StrokeThirdAge Health Close-Up: “I Felt Like I Was Buried Alive” By Sondra Forsyth articleAs told to Sherry Amatenstein, LCSW On October 17, 2010 shortly after her 49th birthday Allison O’Reilly didn’t feel like herself. The McLean, Virginia author of Out of Darkness explains, “My left arm hurt all day. I took Advil. That night the room started spinning, my ears were ringing, and I felt really sick.”
_ Senior Health StrokeStroke Rates Have Dropped 40% for People 65+ By Sondra Forsyth articleA 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.
_ StrokeFewer Stroke Deaths Over Past 2 Decades By Sondra Forsyth articleFewer 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).
_ StrokeA Longer Window for Treating Stroke? By Adprime Admin articleThere 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.