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Stroke alarm clock may streamline and accelerate time-sensitive acute stroke care
(American Heart Association) An interactive, digital alarm clock may speed emergency stroke care, starting at hospital arrival and through each step of the time-sensitive treatment process.The alarm clock is a low-cost strategy for streamlining stroke care and could translate to fewer deaths and less disability from stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 24, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Treating stroke patients just 15 minutes earlier can save lives
(MediaSource) Initiating stroke treatment just 15 minutes faster can save lives and prevent disability, according to a new UCLA-led study, published today in JAMA. The research also determined that busier hospitals -- those that treat more than 450 people for stroke each year -- have better outcomes than those that treat fewer than 400 stroke patients per year.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Use of mobile stroke units improves clinical outcomes
(Charit é - Universit ä tsmedizin Berlin) STEMOs have been serving Berlin for ten years. The specialized stroke emergency response vehicles allow physicians to start treating stroke patients before they reach hospital. For the first time, a team of researchers from Charit é - Universit ä tsmedizin Berlin has been able to show that the dispatch of mobile stroke units is linked to improved clinical outcomes. The researchers' findings, which show that patients for whom STEMOs were dispatched were more likely to survive without long-term disability, have been published in JAMA*.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Regenerating spinal cord fibers may be treatment for stroke-related disabilities
(Henry Ford Health System) A study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital found "substantial evidence" that a regenerative process involving damaged nerve fibers in the spinal cord could hold the key to better functional recovery by most stroke victims. The findings may offer new hope to those who suffer stroke, the leading cause of long-term disability in adults.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 23, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Researchers gain new molecular-level understanding of the brain's recovery after stroke
This study provides fundamental new insight into how stem cells affect injured tissue and also offers hope for developing novel treatments for stroke and neurological diseases, the leading cause of long-term disability in adult humans.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 13, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Effect of reducing blood pressure with medications immediately following ischemic stroke
(The JAMA Network Journals) Jiang He, M.D., Ph.D., of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, and colleagues examined whether moderate lowering of blood pressure within the first 48 hours after the onset of an acute ischemic stroke would reduce death and major disability at 14 days or hospital discharge.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 17, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Surgery after major stroke also improves survival odds in elderly patients
(Heidelberg University Hospital) Patients who are over the age of 60 and have suffered a major stroke due to blockage of the middle cerebral artery benefit from hemicraniectomy -- removal of part of the skull located above the affected brain tissue. These patients' chances of survival increase two-fold. However, patients who have been operated on often survive with severe disabilities, while patients who do not undergo the surgery generally die quickly (published now in New England Journal of Medicine).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 20, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

'Time lost is brain lost'
(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) A new study involving UCLA researchers finds that mobile stroke units (MSUs) - state-of-the-art ambulances built to provide stroke patients with emergency neurological diagnosis and treatment prior to hospital arrival -- improve patient outcomes and lessen the chance for disability by delivering care faster than standard stroke care.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Ezetimibe provides particular benefit in patients with diabetes and recent acute coronary syndrome
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 800,000 Americans die each year from heart disease and stroke. Acute coronary syndrome, which includes heart attack and unstable angina, a condition that can lead to a heart attack, are among the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. In addition to lifestyle changes, medications that lower blood cholesterol are helpful in preventing future cardiac and vascular events, including heart attack and stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 30, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news