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A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), is the rapidly developing loss of brain function(s) due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to...
A stroke is a cerebrovascular accident that results in inadequate blood flow to part of the brain, starving it of oxygen and causing immediate and irreversible changes to the neurones. If affects 15...
Vascular Dementia accounts for 25% of all dementias (the second most commen cause after Alzheimers. It is the cumulative effects of many small strokes - patients often have evidence of vascular path...
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Stroke recovery and treatment studies win top honors at Canadian Stroke Congress
(Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada) Two outstanding studies - one measuring the ability of the brain to recover from stroke and the other a tool to predict clinical outcomes after stroke - were ho...
NSA launches new Faces of Stroke mini-campaign
National Stroke Association has launched a new Faces of Stroke(SM) mini-campaign designed to educate about the connection between stroke and Afib, a type of irregular heartbeat that increases risk of...
Care Improved For Rural Residents In Nova Scotia By Provincial Stroke Strategy
Stroke patients in rural Nova Scotia receive better treatment and are less likely to end up in long-term care facilities than they were before the province's stroke strategy was rolled out in 2008, ac...
Many emergency programs get failing grade when it comes to stroke training
(Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada) Medical residents training to work in the emergency department need more formal stroke training. As the first point of contact in stroke care, they see nearly 1...
May Is Stroke Awareness Month: Educate All Staff About Stroke
May is National Stroke Awareness Month and a good time to remind everyone in your facilities, from care providers to housekeeping, the signs of stroke. The earlier a stroke is recognized and treated,...
New Report Confirms UK Is On The Brink Of A Stroke Crisis
The UK remains at risk of a devastating stroke crisis, according to UK health experts launching Reports published today, on World Stroke Day, by Action for Stroke Prevention (ASP), an alliance of reno...
Living in 'Stroke Belt' as Teen May Raise Future Risk
WEDNESDAY, April 24 (HealthDay News) -- People who live in the so-called "stroke belt" during their teen years are at increased risk for stroke later in life, according to a new study. The stroke bel...
Stroke Drugs More Accessible at Stroke Centers
Stroke victims are three times more likely to get clot busting drugs when treated at a certified stroke center.
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An association between migraine and ischemic stroke has been observed for many years but exact mechanisms by which migraine can lead to stroke are currently still under investigation. Migraine is rela...
Advances in stroke care will have the greatest effect on stroke outcome if care is delivered within a regional stroke system designed to improve both efficiency and effectiveness. The ultimate goal of...
Predictors of delayed stroke in patients with cervical artery dissection.
BACKGROUND: Stroke in patients with acute cervical artery dissection may be anticipated by initial transient ischemic or nonischemic symptoms. AIM: Identifying risk factors for delayed stroke upon cer...
Postthrombolysis hemorrhage risk is affected by stroke assessment bias between hemispheres.
Stroke symptoms in right hemispheric stroke tend to be underestimated in clinical assessment scales, resulting in greater infarct volumes in right as compared to left hemispheric strokes despite simil...
Age at stroke: Temporal trends in stroke incidence in a large, biracial population.
We describe temporal trends in stroke incidence stratified by age from our population-based stroke epidemiology study. We hypothesized that stroke incidence in younger adults (age 20-54) increased ove...
