News tagged with stroke victims
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Evidence appears to show how and where frontal lobe works
(Physorg.com) -- A Brown University study of stroke victims has produced evidence that the frontal lobe of the human brain controls decision-making along a continuum from abstract to concrete, from front to ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Wii set to deliver rehab for stroke victims
Those who have succumbed to the Wii craze are no doubt awed by its dizzying array of games and virtual sports. However, an innovative course offered in the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Computer ...
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Treatment for stroke-related blood clots shows promise
Devices for removing or destroying blood clots in stroke victims may improve medical outcomes for some patients, but further research is needed to show who might benefit most from the treatment and when it ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Medical Physicists: CT Scans Safe
Mayo Clinic professor of radiological physics Cynthia McCollough calls last fall's news from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center the straw that broke the camel's back for the CT scan community, at least when it comes ...
May 04, 2010 |
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Potential for stroke victims to dramatically regain mobility
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a discovery with the potential to drastically improve the lives of stroke and head injury victims, University of Otago and UCLA researchers have come up with a drug therapy which could unlock paralysed ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Study expands window for effective stroke treatment
Once symptoms start, there's only a tiny window of time for stroke victims to get life-saving treatment. Now, research from the Stanford University School of Medicine has cracked that window open a bit wider.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 28, 2009 |
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Poor sleep quality leads to poorer prognosis after stroke
Stroke victims tend to do worse if they also have diagnosed or undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea prior to having the stroke, according to a study presented April 28, 2009, at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) annual ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Preventing a second stroke is focus of study at Rush University Medical Center
Rush University Medical Center is participating in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study to determine the best course of treatment to reduce the risk of stroke patients suffering another stroke. The study will determine ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Stroke group expands time for clot-busting drugs
(AP) -- A change to stroke treatment guidelines is expanding the time that some patients can get clot-busting drugs. Current recommendations limit the use of the medicine to within three hours after the start of stroke symptoms. ...
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May 28, 2009 |
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