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Common Muscle Relaxant Could Pose Mental Dangers for Seniors
SATURDAY, Nov. 9, 2019 -- A commonly prescribed muscle relaxant known as baclofen can leave older kidney patients so disoriented that they land in the hospital, a new study warns. " It can present with acute stroke-like symptoms, even though it ' s not...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 9, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

AHA News: She Had a Stroke at 21; So Did Her Co-worker
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2019 (American Heart Association News) -- While in the hospital recovering from a stroke, 21-year-old Alex Leary was trying to make sense of what happened when she got a text message from a co-worker she barely knew. Vicky King...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 11, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

AHA: News Anchor Opens Up to Viewers About Dad ' s Stroke
FRIDAY, Dec. 21, 2018 (American Heart Association) -- Brooke Lennington ' s phone buzzed late one night in 2016, a week before Thanksgiving. Her younger brother, Hunter, was calling, frantically saying a nurse at a hospital had called about their...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 21, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

E-Alerts Dramatically Cut Heart Attack Rate for People Hospitalized With A-Fib
SUNDAY, Nov. 11, 2018 -- A simple pop-up alert on a computer screen could help save the brains and hearts of many hospital-bound people with an irregular heartbeat, a new clinical trial reveals. Rates for heart attack and stroke plunged by close to...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Hospital Infections in Stroke Patients Raise Other Risks
THURSDAY, Nov. 1, 2018 -- When stroke patients get an infection while in the hospital, that may raise the chances they will wind up back in the hospital later, new research suggests. Researchers examined data on more than 319,000 U.S. patients who...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 1, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

AHA: Interpreters Are Key for Stroke Patients Struggling to Understand
THURSDAY, Oct. 11, 2018 (American Heart Association) -- Before he stood in rooms at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas interpreting between Spanish-speaking patients and English-speaking health care providers, Cruz Ramirez did so informally as a...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - October 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Blood Infection Sepsis Tied to Heart Attack, Stroke
MONDAY, Sept. 10, 2018 -- Survivors of serious bloodstream infections called sepsis are at increased risk for stroke and heart attack for four weeks after leaving the hospital, a new study finds. The study included roughly 42,300 sepsis patients in...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 10, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

AHA: Infections Could Trigger Stroke in Pregnant Women During Delivery
FRIDAY, April 20, 2018 (American Heart Association) -- Pregnant women who have an infection when they enter the hospital for delivery might be at higher risk of having a stroke during their stay, according to new research. The study, published...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 20, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Hospitals Vary in Moving Stroke Patients to Comfort or Hospice Care
THURSDAY, May 25, 2017 -- U.S. hospitals differ greatly in how often they move new stroke patients from treatment to comfort or hospice care, researchers report. Comfort care refers to medical care designed to ease suffering for a patient near...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 25, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Study Finds Stroke Care Faster for Men Than Women
FRIDAY, Feb. 24, 2017 -- Male stroke patients are more than twice as likely as female patients to receive clot-busting stroke treatment within 30 minutes of hospital arrival, a new study reports. This means men who suffer a stroke are less likely to...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 24, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

Study Links Psychiatric Disorders to Stroke Risk
THURSDAY, Feb. 23, 2017 -- Getting care at a hospital for a psychiatric disorder may be linked to a higher risk of stroke in the following weeks and months, new research suggests. People who sought care at a hospital for serious mental health...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 23, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

Are Stroke Centers Life Savers?
TUESDAY, July 26, 2016 -- The odds of surviving a stroke are slightly better for patients treated at hospitals with a specialized stroke department, known as primary stroke centers, a new study finds. But that benefit was only seen if stroke...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - July 26, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

New Guidelines Recommend Inpatient Rehab After Stroke
WEDNESDAY, May 4, 2016 -- If possible, people who've had a stroke should be sent directly to inpatient rehabilitation after their hospital discharge. This would be instead of a skilled nursing facility or nursing home, according to new guidelines by...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 4, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

Stroke Survivors Develop Seizures, Study Confirms
THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2016 -- Seizures are common in the years following a stroke, a new study found, with nearly one in six survivors requiring hospital care after a seizure. Researchers noted that the seizure rate following stroke was more than...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 18, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

Many Stroke Patients Prefer Video Follow-Up Versus Phone Call
THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2016 -- A majority of stroke patients would prefer a video call, instead of a phone call, when their doctor follows up with them after they leave the hospital, a small study finds. Among 52 stroke patients who were asked how they...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 18, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

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