Basking too long in a sauna may put bathers at risk of heat stroke, particularly if they haven't drunk enough water beforehand, warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports, after treating a woman whose condition required ...
Jan 7, 2025
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The ability to follow instructions and its impact on the rehabilitation of stroke patients has never been investigated. At the Joint Laboratory for Neurological Rehabilitation Research of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ...
Jan 6, 2025
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Female stroke victims are less likely than men to take drugs that could lower their odds of a second stroke.
Dec 26, 2024
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A recent study by Simon Fraser University researchers has revealed how an overlooked type of indirect brain damage contributes to ongoing disability after a stroke.
Dec 21, 2024
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Researchers at 37 sites in South Korea have found patients taking clopidogrel after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) experienced lower rates of both thrombotic and bleeding events than those taking aspirin. Clopidogrel's ...
Palliative care, an approach to care that helps people manage pain and other symptoms during all stages of a serious illness (not just at end of life), can help improve quality of life for stroke survivors as well as their ...
Dec 16, 2024
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A new type of medical scanner developed by a University of Aberdeen team has shown that it can identify brain damage in stroke patients at lower magnetic fields than ever before.
Dec 12, 2024
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Endovascular therapy, or EVT, a minimally invasive surgery performed inside the blood vessels—is 2½ times more likely than standard medical management to achieve a positive outcome after vertebrobasilar stroke that affects ...
Dec 12, 2024
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Delaying the onset of high blood pressure may lower the risk of a stroke, new research suggests.
Dec 9, 2024
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Some people develop epilepsy after surviving a stroke, as the injury they've sustained causes scarring and disorganized electrical activity in their brains.
Dec 9, 2024
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