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Medical News Today: Discovery could lead to drug to enhance recovery from stroke
Researchers have identified a molecule that appears to trigger formation of new brain connections when tissue is injured following a stroke.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Right side of brain compensates for speech loss after stroke, study finds
Contrary to previous research, a new study suggests the right hemisphere of the brain does not hinder speech recovery after stroke - it helps improve it.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Bilingual people twice as likely to recover from a stroke
40 per cent of bilingual patients regained normal function following a stroke, compared with just 20 per cent of those who spoke only one language
Source: Telegraph Health - November 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: patients treatment drugs stroke bilingual one language recover Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Stroke risk for older men who take alpha-blockers
New research finds that older men who take alpha-blockers - typically used to treat high blood pressure and improve urine flow - are at increased risk for stroke.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Cheap NHS sleeping pill could help stroke victims recover more quickly
Zolpidem could help repair the damaged connections in the brain caused by a stroke
Source: Telegraph Health - December 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: cure stanford treatment symptoms breakthough insomnica stroke sleeping pill Zolpidem Source Type: news
Trial adds piece to stroke rehabilitation puzzle
High-intensity, repetitive, task-focused upper extremity training does not offer benefits beyond standard rehabilitation for patients within the first few months after a stroke, shows a trial in JAMA.
Source: MedWire News - February 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Stents, surgery equally durable, safe for reducing stroke risk
A 10-year trial shows surgery and stenting to improve blood flow in narrowed carotid arteries are equally effective and safe at reducing the long-term risk of stroke.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Daylight saving time linked to increased stroke risk
New research, conducted in Finland using a decade's worth of data, finds a surprising link. The report finds that changing the clocks may increase the risk of stroke.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
RRE validated in multinational stroke cohort
The Recurrence Risk Estimator for ischaemic stroke has been validated in a prospective, multinational study.
Source: MedWire News - March 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Transcranial direct current stimulation assists chronic stroke rehabilitation
Adding ipsilesional anodal transcranial direct current stimulation to upper limb rehabilitation delivers motor improvements in chronic stroke patients that last for at least 3 months, a randomised trial shows.
Source: MedWire News - March 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Clinical scores unreliable in minor stroke and TIA
Research shows that imaging findings, rather than clinical scores, are the best means of predicting recurrent events in patients with minor stroke or transient ischaemic attack.
Source: MedWire News - March 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Right brain structures may hold clue to language recovery after stroke
People who have a stroke in the left side of the brain may find their ability to speak is diminished. Now, it seems the brain's right side may be involved in language recovery.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Right brain predicts post-stroke speech recovery
White matter integrity in the right hemisphere may help to predict speech fluency recovery following a stroke, research indicates.
Source: MedWire News - April 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Aspirin resistance signals increased stroke severity
Stroke severity and infarct volume are significantly increased among patients who become resistant to aspirin, show study findings published in Neurology.
Source: MedWire News - April 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Physicians failing to talk to stroke patients about end-of-life treatment preferences
US research suggests that physician–patient discussion about limitations on life-sustaining interventions following ischaemic stroke is low, poorly documented and often left too late.
Source: MedWire News - April 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
