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ENCHANTED results challenge reduced alteplase dose in Asian stroke patients
A reduced dose of alteplase has failed to prove itself noninferior to the standard dose in a predominantly Asian population of patients with ischaemic stroke.
Source: MedWire News - May 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Ticagrelor no better than aspirin for stroke patients
The direct platelet inhibitor ticagrelor has proved no more effective than aspirin for preventing recurrent events in patients who start treatment within 24 hours of noncardioembolic, nonsevere stroke or high-risk transient ischaemic attack.
Source: MedWire News - May 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Early aspirin benefits after minor stroke ‘underestimated’
A meta-analysis of individual patient data has thrown light on the benefits of aspirin for secondary prevention in patients with ischaemic stroke.
Source: MedWire News - May 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Researchers call for more accurate renal assessment in stroke patients
Unrecognised renal insufficiency is common among patients with acute stroke and is associated with a significantly increased risk of in-hospital mortality or severe disability at discharge, say researchers.
Source: MedWire News - June 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Stroke severity worse for shift workers
Shift work is known to disrupt the internal body clock. New research suggests this can worsen stroke outcomes, particularly for male shift workers.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Stroke patients able to walk again after stem cell transplant
Stem cell transplantation restored the motor function of stroke patients in a new clinical trial, with some patients even regaining the ability to walk.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Why do women have a higher stroke hospitalization risk than men?
Researchers have confirmed that women have a 23 percent higher risk of stroke hospitalization, and they say it is due to inadequate care, not biology.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Keeping fit in midlife lowers stroke risk
Adults who have high physical fitness in middle age may be at 37 percent lower risk of stroke after the age of 65, new research finds.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Global stroke burden largely due to preventable risk factors
More than 90% of the global stroke burden is attributable to modifiable risk factors and with behavioural and metabolic risk factors making the greatest contribution, controlling these could avert more than three-quarters of this burden.
Source: MedWire News - June 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
CYP2C19 gene variants undermine clopidogrel stroke prevention
The first look at CYP2C19 mutations in the context of a randomised controlled trial has confirmed suspicions that they affect the efficacy of clopidogrel in patients with acute stroke.
Source: MedWire News - June 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Virtual reality games fail to outplay card and ball games in stroke rehabilitation
Researchers have found inexpensive recreational activities such as playing cards or ball games are as effective add-on therapies to conventional stroke rehabilitation as virtual reality interventions.
Source: MedWire News - June 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Mobile videoconferencing from ambulance speeds up stroke care
Mobile videoconferencing from the ambulance using a tablet cuts the time between stroke event and correct treatment, which is critical to patient recovery.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Alteplase confers long-term survival benefit after stroke
Alteplase treatment in patients with acute ischaemic stroke is associated with a survival benefit among those who survive the acute phase, shows further analysis of IST-3.
Source: MedWire News - July 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Stroke centre benefits dependent on access time
The survival gains from receiving treatment in a stroke centre are negated if patients have to travel too far to get there, US research shows.
Source: MedWire News - July 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Brain cells restored by stem cell therapy following stroke, neurological diseases
In a new mouse study, researchers demonstrate how a stem cell therapy increases nerve cell production in mice with stroke-induced brain damage.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
