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Embolic MCA Stroke Treated With tPA and TICI-3 Mechanical Thrombectomy Complicated by Hemiballismus: A Case Study and Literature Review
This report examines the etiology of hemiballistic movements that began 24 hours after a 63-year-old male with vascular risk factors received tissue plasminogen activator (tPa) and thrombolysis in cerebral ischemia 3 (TICI3) thrombectomy for a left middle cerebral artery (MCA) ischemic stroke. The clinical course was reviewed from an admission at a large academic institution where assessments included physical exams, head and neck computed tomography angiography (CTA), and head magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) without contrast. The patient's initial physical exam was consistent with a left MCA syndrome and included a Natio...
Source: Military Medicine - November 10, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Peter S Tatum Joshua Kornbluth Andrew Soroka Source Type: research

Cleveland institutions receive NIH grant for regional stroke clinical trials coordinating center
(Case Western Reserve University) Five Cleveland biomedical research and health care institutions have received a $1 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one of the National Institutes of Health, to collaborate on developing the Cleveland Stroke Clinical Trials Regional Coordinating Center.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 10, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

UTHealth named one of nation's NIH stroke network centers
(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has been named one of 25 regional stroke centers by the National Institutes of Health and the only one in Texas.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 13, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Neurosurgery researchers receive NIH grants to study Parkinson's, stroke, & brain cancer
(University Hospitals Case Medical Center) Researchers from the Department of Neurological Surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center recently received multi-year, multi-million dollar grants from the National Institutes of Health for studies in Parkinson's disease, stroke, and brain cancer.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 7, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

High number of deaths from heart disease, stroke and diabetes linked to diet
(NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) Nearly half of all deaths in the United States in 2012 that were caused by cardiometabolic diseases, including heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, have been linked to substandard eating habits, according to a study published in the March 7 issue of JAMA and funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 7, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Stanford-led clinical trial shows broader benefits of acute-stroke therapy
(Stanford University Medical Center) A 38-center clinical trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has shown that far more people than previously thought can benefit from an emergency procedure for acute ischemic stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 24, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Department of Defense Sport-Related Concussion Common Data Elements Version 1.0 Recommendations - Broglio SP, Kontos AP, Levin H, Schneider K, Wilde EA, Cantu RC, Feddermann-Demont N, Fuller G, Gagnon I, Gioia G, Giza CC, Griesbach GS, Leddy JJ, Lipton ML, Mayer A, McAllister T, McCrea M, McKenzie L, Putukian M, Signoretti S, Suskauer SJ, Tamburro R, Turner M, Yeates KO, Zemek R, Ala'i S, Esterlitz J, Gay K, Bellgowan PSF, Joseph K.
AIM: Through a partnership with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Department of Defense (DoD), the development of Sport-Related Concussion (SRC) Common Data Elements (CDEs) was ini...
Source: SafetyLit - May 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Commentary Source Type: news

University of Cincinnati awarded $29 million to look at TPA combination stroke therapy
(University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center) A nearly $30 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund research led by the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine to examine the effectiveness of combination stroke therapies.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Wake Forest Baptist receives federal grants to study neurological disorders and stroke
(Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center) The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center two five-year grants, each worth approximately $1.5 million, to participate in two nationwide clinical trial networks.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 11, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

NIH study links cigarette smoking to higher stroke risk in African Americans
(NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) African Americans who smoke are nearly 2.5 times more likely to have a stroke than those who never smoked, while former smokers show a similarly lower risk as never smokers, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

RIT earns NIH grant to use virtual reality to help stroke patients regain lost vision
(Rochester Institute of Technology) Scientists from Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Rochester aim to use virtual reality to help restore vision for people with stroke-induced blindness. The team of researchers led by Gabriel Diaz, associate professor at RIT's Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a method they believe could revolutionize rehabilitation for patients with cortically induced blindness.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

LSU Health awarded $2.5m grant to reduce stroke risk for obese women on contraceptives
(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Rinku Majumder, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry& Molecular Biology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, a $2.5 million grant over four years to help reduce the high stroke risk to women with obesity who take estrogen-containing birth control pills.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

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