Health
Women are less likely than men to take medication after a stroke, study suggests
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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Stroke
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study sheds new light on what causes long-term disability after a stroke, offers new path toward possible treatment
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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Medications
Clopidogrel edges out aspirin in heart procedure recovery
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 ...
Cardiology
Palliative care boosts life quality for stroke survivors and families
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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Neuroscience
New type of medical scanner shows promise for stroke patients
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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Cardiology
Study likely to change standard of care for deadly strokes
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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Cardiology
Stroke risk may climb as the years of living with high blood pressure add up
Delaying the onset of high blood pressure may lower the risk of a stroke, new research suggests.
Dec 9, 2024
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Neuroscience
One type of blood pressure med may help prevent post-stroke epilepsy
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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Neuroscience
AI stroke brain scan readings found to be twice as accurate as current method
New AI software can read the brain scans of patients who have had a stroke to more accurately pinpoint when it happened and help doctors work out whether it can be successfully treated.
Dec 6, 2024
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Cardiology
Stroke survivors face much higher odds for dementia, research finds
Stroke survivors have an 80% increased risk of dementia compared to people who've never suffered a stroke, a new study finds.
Dec 6, 2024
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