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Social robots -- programmable by everyone
(University of Luxembourg) The startup LuxAI was created following a research project at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) of the University of Luxembourg. The business model of LuxAI is developing and constructing so-called social robots. Such robots can be used, for example, in the educational or health system, where they would support trainers and therapists in their work. The robots can be programmed to practice vocabulary with children or to make rehabilitation exercises with stroke patients.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 20, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Global study shows stroke largely preventable
(McMaster University) Ten risk factors that can be modified are responsible for nine of 10 strokes worldwide, but the ranking of those factors vary regionally, according to a study of 26,000 people worldwide led by McMaster University researchers and published in The Lancet. This should influence the development of strategies for stroke reduction, the researchers say.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 15, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Predicting language deficits after stroke with connectome-based imaging
(Medical University of South Carolina) In a recent Journal of Neuroscience article, investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina report that imaging all of the brain's connections after stroke in addition to imaging only the areas of cortical tissue damage could better predict which patients will have language deficits and how severe those deficits will be. Such imaging could also be used to guide rehabilitative therapy.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 11, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Kaiser Permanente study: National rates of death due to heart disease, stroke leveling off
(Kaiser Permanente) After more than a decade of steady improvements, the decline in mortality rates from heart disease and stroke has slowed nationally and nearly leveled out since 2011, according to a new analysis from Kaiser Permanente published in JAMA Cardiology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 29, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Rate of decline of cardiovascular deaths slows in US
(The JAMA Network Journals) In a study published online by JAMA Cardiology, Stephen Sidney, M.D., M.P.H., of Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, and colleagues examined recent national trends in death rates due to all cardiovascular disease (CVD), heart disease (HD), stroke, and cancer, and also evaluated the gap between mortality rates from HD and cancer.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 29, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
NYU Tandon team devises a smarter way for stroke patients to rehabilitate
(NYU Tandon School of Engineering) A team of students from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering is using smartphones to improve the process patients must typically undergo to relearn the basic skills they lose after suffering a stroke. The centerpieces are wearable mechatronic devices that are connected inexpensively by a smartphone. When a patient performs an exercise assigned by a physician or physical therapist, microcontrollers quantify the action and display the information via smartphone to the patient and medical providers.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 20, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Intervention methods of stroke need to focus on prevention for blacks to reduce stroke mortality
(University of Alabama at Birmingham) Blacks are four times more likely than their white counterparts to die from stroke at age 45.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Improving depression symptoms can reduce risk of major cardiovascular problems, new study finds
(Intermountain Medical Center) a new study by researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City found that effectively treating depression can reduce a patient's chance of having a stroke, heart failure, a heart attack or death.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Signs of stress in the brain may signal future heart trouble
(American College of Cardiology) New research shows that individuals with a greater degree of activity in the stress center of the brain also have more evidence of inflammation in their arteries and were at higher risk for cardiovascular events, including heart attack, stroke and death, according to a study scheduled for presentation at the American College of Cardiology's 65th Annual Scientific Session.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 24, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New research gathers more evidence for innovative stroke treatment
(University of Maryland School of Medicine) New research has provided more evidence that an innovative treatment strategy may help prevent brain swelling and death in stroke patients. J. Marc Simard, professor of neurosurgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, along with colleagues at Yale University and Massachusetts General Hospital, found that Cirara, an investigational drug, powerfully reduced brain swelling and death in patients who had suffered a type of large stroke called malignant infarction, which normally carries a high mortality rate.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 18, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
The S-stroke or I-stroke?
(University of Tsukuba) The year 2016 is an Olympic year. Developments in high-performance swimwear for swimming continue to advance, along with other areas of scientific research. One area of research has focused on which type of crawl stroke is more effective -- when the arm draws a curve in the water (S-stroke) or moves straight (I-stroke) -- long a matter of debate in the world of competitive swimming.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 14, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
NHS Health Check study estimates 2,500 heart attacks and strokes prevented over 5 years
(Queen Mary, University of London) The first major evaluation of the NHS Health Check in England, led by Queen Mary University of London, finds that the programme is effectively identifying people at risk of developing a major cardiovascular incident such as heart attack or stroke, and is estimated over first five years to have prevented 2,500 cases from treatment following the check, as well as helping diagnose cases of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 13, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Alpha-blockers associated with d risk of stroke in older men
(Canadian Medical Association Journal) Older men starting α-blockers-blockers, commonly used for treating enlarged prostates, have a higher risk of ischemic stroke during the initiation phase, although this effect is not apparent in men already taking other blood pressure medications, found new research in Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - December 7, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Ultrasound examinations can identify patients at risk of stroke
(Umea University) Ultrasound, a non-invasive technique commonly used to study the presence of atherosclerosis disease in blood vessels, can be used to identify patients at increased risk of future stroke who could benefit from surgery. Since surgical treatment to prevent stroke is only considered beneficial to some, ultrasound can prove useful in preventing unnecessary surgical intervention, new research at Umeå University in Sweden shows.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 25, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Brain structure may be root of apathy
(University of Oxford) Oxford scientists find evidence of a biological basis for apathy in health people. Research could shed light on the way some people become pathologically apathetic, for example after a stroke or with Alzheimer's disease.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 12, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
