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In Certified Primary Stroke Centers, Acute Stroke Therapy Used 3 Times More Frequently
Certified Primary Stroke Centers are three times more likely to administer clot-busting treatment for strokes than non-certified centers, reports a new study by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, looked at a wide sample of hospitals across the United States, and provides insight into practice across the US health care system as experts examine ways to increase the use of this important therapy...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
36% Of Stroke Sufferers Do Not Call 911
Surprisingly one in three people who suffer from stroke don't go to hospital by ambulance, which is the fastest way to get there, according to a new study carried out by a team from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, and the UCLA Comprehensive Stroke Center in Los Angeles, and published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Why Some African Americans Don't Call 9-1-1 Immediately For Stroke Symptoms
African-Americans know the signs of stroke, but concerns about medical cost, ambulance response time and unfamiliarity with the need for prompt hospital care impacted whether they called 9-1-1 immediately. A study that included 77 African-Americans in Flint, Mich., revealed barriers among adults and youth in getting help for stroke which is significantly higher among African-Americans and leads to more deaths and disability...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Improves Patient Outcomes
People with strokes caused by blood clots fared better in hospitals participating in the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke program according to a study presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. "We found that stroke patients treated in Get With The Guidelines hospitals were less likely to die or end up back in the hospital than those treated at other closely-matched hospitals not in the program," said Sarah Song, M.D., M.P.H...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Stem Cells Aid In The Brain's Recovery After Stroke
A specific MicroRNA, a short set of RNA (ribonuclease) sequences, naturally packaged into minute (50 nanometers) lipid containers called exosomes, are released by stem cells after a stroke and contribute to better neurological recovery according to a new animal study by Henry Ford Hospital researchers. The important role of a specific microRNA transferred from stem cells to brain cells via the exosomes to enhance functional recovery after a stroke was shown in lab rats...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Speed Vital For Stroke Patients' Survival
The sooner stroke patients receive thrombolytic treatment, the lower their risk of in-hospital mortality and intracranial hemorrhage, says a new study published in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association). In addition, the prompter the treatment, the higher the rate of walking ability at discharge. Intravenous (IV) tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) is a form of treatment proven to help stroke patients within 4.5 hours of onset of symptoms...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Earlier Treatment Following Stroke Onset Associated With Reduced Risk Of In-Hospital Death, Higher Rate Of Discharge To Home
In a study that included nearly 60,000 patients with acute ischemic stroke, thrombolytic treatment (to help dissolve a blood clot) that was started more rapidly after symptom onset was associated with reduced in-hospital mortality and intracranial hemorrhage and higher rates of independent walking ability at discharge and discharge to home, according to a study in the June 19 issue of JAMA. "Intravenous (IV) tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) is a treatment of proven benefit for select patients with acute ischemic stroke as long as 4.5 hours after onset...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Study shows combination stroke therapy safe and effective
The combination of the clot-busting drug tPA with an infusion of the antiplatelet drug eptifibatide dissolves blood clots safely and more quickly than tPA alone, a study led by University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers has found. Results from the study, known as the CLEAR-ER Stroke Trial, are published online in the journal Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. UC was the coordinating center for the trial, which included nine medical centers comprising 21 hospitals...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Novel treatment for stroke and possibly other neurological diseases
In this study we pioneered a totally new treatment for stroke, and possibly for all neurological disease," says Michael Chopp, Ph.D., scientific director of the Henry Ford Neuroscience Institute. The new study is published online in the current issue of Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Stroke survivors lose a month of healthy life for every 15 minute delay
New research published in the journal Stroke, from the American Heart Association, found that reducing delays by just a few minutes could lead to big gains
Source: Telegraph Health - March 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: stroke survivors hospital ischaemic stroke alteplase Source Type: news
Individualized stroke care offered by bedside optical monitoring of cerebral blood flow
Using a University of Pennsylvania-designed device to noninvasively and continuously monitor cerebral blood flow (CBF) in acute stroke patients, researchers from Penn Medicine and the Department of Physics & Astronomy in Penn Arts and Sciences are now learning how head of bed (HOB) positioning affects blood flow reaching the brain. Most patients admitted to the hospital with an acute stroke are kept flat for at least 24 hours in an effort to increase CBF in vulnerable brain regions surrounding the damaged tissue.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 24, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Doctors 'Reverse' Brain Bleed Procedure To Treat Critically Ill Stroke Patients
Doctors at Southampton's teaching hospitals have reversed a procedure developed to stem bleeding in the brain to help them save the lives of seriously ill stroke patients. � The innovation, which involves placing a thin wire into the groin and passing it up to the skull using high definition TV images, is based on a technique originally used as an alternative to surgery for patients with ruptured brain aneurysms - fluid-filled bulges which force blood vessels to tear...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
'Dystextia' May Become New Diagnostic For Stroke
Difficulty or inability to write a coherent text message, even in patients who have no problem speaking, may become a "vital" tool in diagnosing a type of crippling stroke, according to new research at Henry Ford Hospital. The case study focused on a 40-year-old man visiting the metro Detroit area on business who showed signs of "dystextia," a recently coined term for incoherent text messaging that can sometimes be confused with autocorrect garble. But in his case, the man saw nothing wrong with the garble...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Well: My Stroke of Luck
Andrew C. Revkin, an environmental journalist, shares what he learned after a stroke forced him to interrupt his nonstop career.
Source: NYT Health - May 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ANDREW C. REVKIN Tags: Heart Body Stroke Medicine and Health Hospitals Emergency Medical Treatment Featured Source Type: news
Identifying Pediatric Patients At High Risk Of Stroke Or Brain Hemorrhage
Measuring blood flow in the brain may be an easy, noninvasive way to predict stroke or hemorrhage in children receiving cardiac or respiratory support through a machine called ECMO, according to a new study by researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Early detection would allow physicians to alter treatment and take steps to prevent these complications - the leading cause of death for patients on ECMO...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
