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Self-administered light therapy may improve cognitive function after traumatic brain injury
At-home, daily application of light therapy via light-emitting diodes (LEDs) placed on the forehead and scalp led to improvements in cognitive function and post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with a traumatic brain ...
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Mar 17, 2011 |
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Stem cells may provide treatment for brain injuries
Stem cells derived from a patient's own bone marrow were safely used in pediatric patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to results of a Phase I clinical trial at The University of Texas Health Science Center ...
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Mar 10, 2011 |
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UK stroke care is improving, but inequalities still exist
The quality of stroke care in the UK is improving, but significant inequalities still exist, warns a new study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Acute anemia linked to silent strokes in children
Silent strokes, which have no immediate symptoms but could cause long-term cognitive and learning deficits, occur in a significant number of severely anemic children, especially those with sickle cell disease, according to ...
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Feb 11, 2011 |
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Most stroke patients not getting clot-busting treatment in timely manner
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 ...
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Feb 10, 2011 |
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Ischemic stroke hospitalizations decline in middle-aged, elderly, increases in young
The number of acute ischemic stroke hospitalizations among middle-aged and older men and women fell between 1994 and 2007, but sharply increased among those under age 35 — including teens and children — according ...
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Feb 09, 2011 |
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Study: Get thee to a stroke center
Hospitals with designated stroke centers are associated with up to 20 percent higher survival rate for patients with ischemic stroke and significantly greater use of acute stroke therapy. That is the conclusion of a study ...
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Jan 25, 2011 |
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Liver disease a possible predictor of stroke: study
People suffering from fatty liver disease may be three times more likely to suffer a stroke than individuals without fatty liver, according to a study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital and the London Health Sciences ...
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Jan 07, 2011 |
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Most Medicare stroke patients die or are rehospitalized within year after discharge
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.
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Largest study of therapeutic cooling to reduce brain injury after stroke is now underway
The largest clinical trial of therapeutic brain cooling (hypothermia) after stroke has launched, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Age restriction on emergency stroke treatment should be lifted, say researchers
Thrombolysis (giving anti-clotting drugs within three hours of an acute stroke) is effective in patients aged 40 to 90 years and should not be restricted in elderly patients, as current guidelines advise, concludes a study ...
Nov 24, 2010 |
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Using CT, radiologists can pinpoint cause of some strokes
Multidetector computed tomography (CT) helps pinpoint the causes of ischemic strokes, the most common type of stroke, potentially speeding the delivery of life-saving treatments, according to a study published online and ...
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Nov 09, 2010 |
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Improvements within 1 hour of stroke treatment associated with better outcomes
Patients with stroke who experience improvement within one hour of receiving the clot-dissolving medication tissue plasminogen activator appear more likely to do well three months later, according to a report in the November ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Research shows fish oil component given up to 5 hours after stroke limits brain damage
Research led by Dr. Nicolas Bazan, Boyd Professor, Villere Chair, and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health Sciences Center, has shown that Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a component of fish oil, is ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 08, 2010 |
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MRI may help determine time of stroke onset
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 ...
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Nov 02, 2010 |
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