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Implications of ipsilateral spatial neglect after stroke explored by stroke researchers
Stroke researchers have confirmed that damage to the right frontal-subcortical network may cause ipsilateral spatial neglect. More patients with ipsilateral neglect had frontal subcortical damage than anticipated -- 83 percent vs the expected 27 percent. A difference was also seen in spatial bias, ie, the type of spatial errors among this group tended to be 'where'(perceptual-attentional) rather than 'aiming' (motor-intentional) errors.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 4, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Stroke patients past 90-day danger period remain at high risk for repeat event
People who have had a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA or mini-stroke) are at high risk for a second similar event or other serious medical problems for at least five years and need better follow up and strategies to prevent these problems, according to data.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 7, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Healthy lifestyle may cut stroke risk in half for women
Women with a healthy diet and lifestyle may be less likely to have a stroke by more than half, according to a study. The study looked at five factors that make up a healthy lifestyle: healthy diet; moderate alcohol consumption; never smoking; physically active; and healthy body mass index (BMI). Compared with women with none of the five healthy factors, women with all five factors had a 54-percent lower risk of stroke.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 9, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Seven surprising facts about stroke
Here are seven surprising things you may not know about stroke, including how strokes are surprisingly common in young people and U.S. presidents, and how sex can trigger a stroke.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 13, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
More evidence arthritis/pain relieving drugs may contribute to stroke death
Commonly prescribed, older drugs for arthritis and pain may increase the risk of death from stroke, according to a study. "Our study supports stepping up efforts to make sure people with a higher risk of stroke are not prescribed these medications when other options are available," authors concluded.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 5, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation studied for stroke rehab
Researchers are trying to help patients who have suffered a stroke to improve arm movement by stimulating the brain using a device called a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator (TMS). The idea is that when one side of the brain is damaged by a stroke, the healthy side tends to generate much more activity to compensate, but that may actually prevent the injured side from recovering, explains the principal investigator.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 21, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
How stroke survivors could benefit from computer games
Stroke survivors can have “significant” improvement in arm movements after using the Nintendo Wii as physiotherapy, according to researchers. The popular computer remote could be customized to offer bespoke physiotherapy for stroke survivors in their own home, they say.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 5, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Memory lapses among highly educated may signal higher stroke risk
People with a high level of education who complain about memory lapses have a higher risk of stroke. Researchers suggest such people should be considered for screening for stroke risk.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 11, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Ability to balance on one leg may reflect brain health, stroke risk
Struggling to stand on one leg for less than 20 seconds was linked to an increased risk for stroke, small blood vessel damage in the brain, and reduced cognitive function in otherwise healthy people, a study has shown. One-legged standing time may be a simple test used to measure early signs of abnormalities in the brain associated with cognitive decline, cerebral small vessel disease and stroke.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 19, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Heavy drinking in middle-age may increase stroke risk more than traditional factors
Drinking more than two alcoholic beverages a day in middle-age raised stroke risks more than traditional factors such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Heavy drinking in mid-life was linked to having a stroke about five years earlier in life irrespective of genetic and early-life factors.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 29, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Key discovery to preventing blindness, stroke devastation
Gene interactions that determine whether cells live or die in such conditions as age-related macular degeneration and ischemic stroke have been discovered by researchers. These common molecular mechanisms in vision and brain integrity can prevent blindness and also promote recovery from a stroke.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 30, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Breakthrough in stroke treatment: Stent thrombectomy
A randomized clinical research study looked at the effectiveness of a new treatment for stroke. The study involved adding a minimally invasive clot removal procedure called stent thrombectomy to standard clot-dissolving therapy, known as tissue plasminogen activator. The study showed a dramatic improvement in restoring blood flow back to the brain, which is critical in the recovery of stroke.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 11, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Recovering attention after a stroke: Brain's right hemisphere may be more valuable
The right hemisphere may assist a damaged left hemisphere recover visual attention after a stroke, new research suggests. "The results demonstrate that the tasks we do every day change how the brain pays attention to the world around us. By understanding how these changes occur in healthy individuals, we can focus on behaviors that are impaired in stroke patients and provide a focus for rehabilitation," one researcher noted.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 18, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Mental practice, physical therapy effective treatment for stroke, research shows
A combination of mental practice and physical therapy is an effective treatment for people recovering from a stroke, according to researchers. Mental practice and physical therapy are interventions used to improve impaired motor movement, coordination and balance following stroke. Mental practice, also known as motor imagery, is the mental rehearsal of a motor action without an overt action. Physical therapy consists of repetitive, task-oriented training of the impaired extremity.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 9, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Game-changer for stroke treatment: Better function after stroke if clots removed
Patients with severe strokes had far better outcomes when they were treated using not only a drug to dissolve the blood clot causing the stroke, but also with a procedure to grab, dislodge and remove the clot, according to an international study.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 17, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
