http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- People who have strokes are often left with moderate to severe physical impairments. Now, thanks to a glove developed at McGill, stroke patients may be able to recover hand motion by playing video games. The Biomedical Sensor Glove was developed by four final-year McGill Mechanical Engineering undergrads under the supervision of Professor Rosaire Mongrain. It is designed to allow patients to exercise in their own homes with minimal supervision, while at the same time permitting doctors to monitor their progress from a distance, thus cutting down on hospital visits and costs. http://phys.org/news221390240.html Technology Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:17:44 EST news221390240 When Kate Watts fell ill with pneumonia in both lungs last year, doctors at a hospital in Sebring, Fla., put her into a medically induced coma to help her recover. http://phys.org/news220256976.html Medicine & Health Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:30:25 EST news220256976 (PhysOrg.com) -- Unconsciously, right-handers associate good with the right side of space and bad with the left. But this association can be rapidly changed, according to a study published online March 9, 2011 in Psychological Science, by Daniel Casasanto (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) and Evangelia Chrysikou (University of Pennsylvania). Even a few minutes of using the left hand more fluently than the right can reverse right-handers' judgments of good and bad, making them think that the left is the 'right side' of space. Conceptions of good and bad are rooted in people's bodily experiences, and change when patterns of bodily experience change. http://phys.org/news218979715.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:42:10 EST news218979715 Stroke patients who also suffer from an irregular heartbeat are at double the risk of developing dementia, according to a new study by the University of East Anglia (UEA). http://phys.org/news218738245.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:37:37 EST news218738245 The only acute treatment for a stroke currently available is thrombolysis. This uses drugs that dissolve the blood clot responsible for the stroke, but it only reaches around 10 per cent of stroke patients in time to prevent lasting damage. For other patients, there are no other effective drugs that reduce the loss of brain function following a stroke. http://phys.org/news217157843.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:37:34 EST news217157843 Less than one-third of acute stroke patients treated with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) receive the clot-busting drug within 60 minutes of their hospital arrival, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2011. The research is simultaneously published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://phys.org/news216584385.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:20:02 EST news216584385 While smoking and alcohol use remained relatively stable over a 13-year study period, street drug use among stroke patients rose more than nine-fold, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati (UC). http://phys.org/news216489597.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:10:01 EST news216489597 Treating mild strokes with the clot-busting drug approved for severe stroke could reduce the number of patients left disabled and save $200 million a year in disability costs, according to a study presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2011. http://phys.org/news216473253.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:28:06 EST news216473253 The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has proposed metrics that healthcare professionals can use to monitor the diagnosis and treatment of patients at stroke centers to help improve the quality of care stroke patients receive. The recommendations are published in a scientific statement in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://phys.org/news214158458.html Medicine & Health Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:27:53 EST news214158458 A UCLA-led has study found that after leaving the hospital, nearly two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute ischemic stroke either died or were rehospitalized within a year. http://phys.org/news211741365.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:02:59 EST news211741365 (PhysOrg.com) -- Putting on a coat may not seem like a large achievement, but new technology that could help stroke patients do just that now makes the act an attainable goal. http://phys.org/news211564247.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:20:02 EST news211564247 When Israeli entrepreneur Amit Goffer was paralyzed in a car crash in 1997, he went on a quest to help other victims walk again. http://phys.org/news210531410.html Technology Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:57:07 EST news210531410 Visual problems can affect up to two thirds of stroke patients, but can sometimes go undetected if patients do not recognise them as an after-effect of the condition or if they are unable to communicate the problem to their medical team or families. http://phys.org/news210421719.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:28:47 EST news210421719 A noninvasive electric stimulation technique administered to both sides of the brain can help stroke patients who have lost motor skills in their hands and arms, according to a new study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). http://phys.org/news208633168.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:10:01 EST news208633168 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain could expand the number of stroke patients eligible for a potentially life-saving treatment, according to a new study, published online and in the December issue of the journal Radiology. http://phys.org/news207892900.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Nov 2010 05:01:59 EST news207892900 (PhysOrg.com) -- The aim of regenerative medicine is to repair or replace malfunctioning cells, tissues, and even organs. Stem cells, the multi-taskers and jacks-of-all-trades that can regenerate themselves indefinitely and transform themselves into various cell types, are seen as offering a promising solution in this context. Researchers have reported numerous cases of the successful use of stem cells to heal damaged tissue; however, the underlying physiological mechanisms at work here are still largely unknown. http://phys.org/news204906775.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:33:12 EST news204906775 Using data from more than 270,000 hospital stroke admissions, scientists have identified how to predict which patients are at greatest risk of dying in the hospital after stroke. Before their study, well validated models to predict in-hospital death risk after stroke were lacking, the researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://phys.org/news204826809.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:40:07 EST news204826809 After the loss of a limb, most patients experience the feeling of a phantom limb - the vivid illusion that the amputated arm or leg is still present. Damage to the nervous system, such as stroke, may cause similar illusions in weakened limbs, whereby an arm or leg may feel as if it is in a completely different position or may even feel as if it is moving when it is not. Cases of phantom limbs in non-amputees have previously been considered rare events, but a new study published in the October 2010 issue of Elsevier's Cortex reports that more than half of patients recovering from stroke may in fact experience phantom limb sensations. http://phys.org/news204546251.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:40:01 EST news204546251 An antibiotic appears to be a safe treatment for stroke and a good companion therapy for tPA, the clot buster that is currently the only FDA-approved drug therapy, researchers report. http://phys.org/news203593129.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:50:01 EST news203593129 Stroke patients who were left partially paralysed found that their condition improved after they received a simple and non-invasive method of brain stimulation, according to research in the September issue of the European Journal of Neurology. http://phys.org/news203592454.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:40:01 EST news203592454 The human brain is a powerful simulation machine. Sports professionals and amateurs alike are well aware of the advantages of mentally rehearsing a movement prior to its execution and it is not surprising that the phenomenon, known as motor imagery, has already been extensively investigated. However, a new study published in the September 2010 issue of Elsevier's Cortex suggests that there may be more to motor imagery than previously thought. A group of neuroscientists in Italy have shown that the brain is able to invent creative new solutions in order to perform impossible actions. http://phys.org/news203246444.html Medicine & Health Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:21:10 EST news203246444 B vitamin supplements are safe, but do not reduce subsequent vascular events (stroke, heart attack, or vascular death) in patients who have had a recent stroke or ischaemic attack, despite a lowering of homocysteine levels. As such, B vitamins should not be recommended to prevent recurrent stroke, according to the first placebo-controlled trial of B vitamins in stroke patients. These are the conclusions of an Article published Online First and in the September edition of The Lancet Neurology. http://phys.org/news200047591.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:30:03 EST news200047591 An Editorial in this week's Lancet looks discussed the recent report from the UK Vascular Society and the Royal College of Physicians which states patients in the UK are waiting too long for vascular surgery after symptoms of stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA). http://phys.org/news199637400.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:30:03 EST news199637400 Music therapy provided by trained music therapists may help to improve movement in stroke patients, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. A few small trials also suggest a wider role for music in recovery from brain injury. http://phys.org/news197547474.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:01 EST news197547474 Helping stroke patients regain use of their hands and arms through innovative robotic and virtual reality-based video game therapies is the focal point of NJIT Associate Professor Sergei Adamovich, a biomedical engineer. Thanks to a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Adamovich is developing better ways to rehabilitate people who have lost control of their hands, fingers, shoulders and elbows. http://phys.org/news195385550.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:46:08 EST news195385550 You don't always need to build up a big sweat to reap the healing benefits of physical activity. Research has found that even a low-intense exercise program can reduce depression symptoms and boost physical therapy results in recovering stroke patients. http://phys.org/news194923174.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:04 EST news194923174 Patients show modest yet meaningful gains in limb movement and an improved outlook on life years after suffering a stroke, a major clinical study has found. The paper, published online this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, provides the best evidence yet that stroke sufferers in a controlled study can regain limb movement long after an injury, through intensive therapy with specially trained personnel and newly created robotic aids. http://phys.org/news190645553.html Medicine & Health Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:40:03 EST news190645553 More than two-thirds of patients in a British study were unaware they suffered a minor stroke and almost one-third delayed seeking medical attention for more than 24 hours, according to a report in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://phys.org/news190570398.html Medicine & Health Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:30:01 EST news190570398 Shaking hands with a robotic arm could be a new way to help stroke patients learn to use their arms again. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation report a pilot trial of the 'Braccio di Ferro' (Iron arm) robot in 10 patients. http://phys.org/news187870474.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:30:01 EST news187870474 Researchers have developed 3-D goggles that could help stroke victims recover their lost vision. http://phys.org/news183051448.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:50:06 EST news183051448