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Declining stroke mortality in young adults: Hope and concern
In 1914, Lord James Bryce, the British jurist, historian, and ambassador to the United States, was quoted as saying, "Medicine is the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existence."1 Consistent with this principle, in 1999, the US Department of Health and Human Services and several voluntary health organizations set a public policy goal to reduce stroke mortality by 25% over the following decade. This goal was reached by 2006; between 2000 and 2010, the annual stroke death rate in the United States decreased by 35.8%.2 Data compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), ...
Source: Neurology - December 1, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Goldstein, L. B., Lynch, J. Tags: All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, All epidemiology, Incidence studies EDITORIALS Source Type: research

Informed Consent for Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator in New York State Designated Stroke Centers
Our objective was to assess informed consent procedures for intravenous tissue plasminogen activator in acute stroke among New York State (NYS) Department of Health (DOH) designated stroke centers.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - February 7, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Michael I. Weintraub, Anna D. Colello, Samantha A. Johnson, Fabienne McClellan, Steven P. Cole, Curtis Benesch, Steven H. Rudolph, Steven R. Levine Source Type: research

Supporting the Women in our Lives: Stroke Prevention
May is Stroke Awareness Month and May 10-16th is National Women's Health Week, making this the perfect time to talk about the special challenges women face related to stroke and how women can reduce their risk and protect their health. Being the mid-Atlantic Regional Health Administrator might make stroke prevention my professional duty, but it's my role as a father, husband, and son to so many special women that makes it my personal responsibility. It's alarming to think that every 4 minutes someone in the United States dies of a stroke -- most of them women. Stroke -- which is sometimes called a brain attack -- happens...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

UCLA creates nursing fellowship for Gluck Stroke Rescue Program with $1 million gift
UCLA has received $1 million from Mark and Laura Wittcoff to establish the Marjorie Scherck and Raymond Wittcoff Nursing Fellowship in Stroke Care Innovation. The fellowship will support nursing staff for the  UCLA Arline and Henry Gluck Stroke Rescue Program, which operates a mobile stroke unit that provides early diagnosis and care when patients are being transported to a hospital.The fellowship honors two of the Witcoffs ’ family members who were committed advocates for nursing care as supporters of Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, where Mark’s father, Raymond Wittcoff, was chairman of the board at Washington U...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - December 7, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Current State of Stroke Care in the Philippines
Stroke remains the leading cause of disability and death in the Philippines. Evaluating the current state of stroke care, the needed resources, and the gaps in health policies and programs is crucial to decrease stroke-related mortality and morbidity effectively. This paper aims to characterize the Philippines' stroke system of care and network using the World Health Organization health system building blocks framework. To integrate existing national laws and policies governing stroke and its risk factors dispersed across many general policies, the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) institutionalized a national policy f...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - August 17, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

A service evaluation of the feasibility of a community-based consultant and stroke navigator review of health and social care needs in stroke survivors 6 weeks after hospital discharge.
Abstract The Department of Health Stroke Strategy (2007) recommends that post stroke patients are reviewed within 6 weeks of discharge. Historically, a 6-week outpatient appointment was offered. This was primarily a medical review and not a full assessment of health, social care status and secondary prevention needs. An innovative joint domiciliary clinic was developed in order to meet these recommendations. The joint clinic reviews were conducted by a stroke consultant and an allied health professional. There were no readmissions at 6 weeks and 6 months post stroke. User satisfaction was very high and there were ...
Source: Clinical Medicine - March 1, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dewan B, Skrypak M, Moore J, Wainscoat R Tags: Clin Med Source Type: research

Prevalence of coronary heart disease or stroke among workers aged
Abstract Cardiovascular disease accounts for one in three deaths in the United States each year, and coronary heart disease and stroke account for most of those deaths. To try to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched the Million Hearts initiative, promoting proven and effective interventions in communities and clinical settings. In workplace settings, cardiovascular disease can be addressed through a Total Worker Health program, which integrates occupational safety and health protection with health promotion. To identify workers likely to ben...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - August 1, 2014 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Luckhaupt SE, Calvert GM, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: research

CARES (Changing and Advancing Risk factor control through Educations after Stroke): A Pilot Trial of a Transitions in Care Post-discharge Telephone Intervention for Stroke Patients (S13.006)
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of study is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a telephonic post-discharge intervention designed to improve access to care, reinforce self-management skills, improve health literacy, and screen for complications in a government-run safety net system. BACKGROUND: In the United States, risk factor control after stroke is poor, particularly among socio-economically disadvantaged populations with poor access to care. The immediate post-discharge period is a vulnerable time for stroke patients, given their risk of recurrent stroke, worsening symptoms, complications, and need for medication titra...
Source: Neurology - April 8, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Hudson, L., Corrales, M., Moreno, L., Valle, N., Razmara, A., Dutta, T., Ramirez-Gomez, L., Towfighi, A. Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease and Interventional Neurology: Epidemiology and Risk Factors Source Type: research

Hospitalization for stroke in U.S. hospitals, 1989-2009.
Authors: Hall MJ, Levant S, DeFrances CJ Abstract Stroke remains one of the most significant U.S. health problems (6). Although the stroke hospitalization rate has declined, in 2009 there were still almost 1 million hospitalizations for stroke. Many stroke patients, upon discharge, went to another short-stay hospital or a long-term care institution. In addition, outpatient or in-home services (including rehabilitation) are often provided to those who have had a stroke, to prevent future strokes and to restore functioning (6,7). In 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced its "Million Hearts"...
Source: NCHS data brief - November 12, 2014 Category: American Health Tags: NCHS Data Brief Source Type: research

Study Shows Race and Sex Disparities in Prehospital Stroke Recognition
In this study, Govindarajan, from the University of California, San Francisco, led a diverse team of researchers comparing hospital discharge diagnosis to field impressions documented in EMS electronic charts from two California counties. The team used probabilistic linking to retrospectively associate EMS and hospital database records. They analyzed records from 14 hospitals in these two counties from 2005– 2007, and identified 10,719 stroke patients. Retrospective "data-mining" practices with large databases pose serious threats to the validity of a study. In this case however, researchers did a gre...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - September 8, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: David Page, MS, NRP Tags: Special Topics Cardiac & Resuscitation Research Columns Patient Care Source Type: news