Researchers are working on a simple blood test, requiring no more than a drop of blood, which could lead to a quick diagnosis of stroke.
Mobile Stroke Treatment Units are currently being tested in the USA and Germany. Hopefully they will allow stroke victims to be treated quicker, leading to better outcomes
Swedish researchers recently found that the health effects of a stroke not only affect the stroke survivor, but also negatively affect the physical and mental health of their partners as well.
New research confirms that Endovascular Therapy (ET) is a new and improved way to treat stroke victims.
A new stroke treatment recently studied in the Netherlands is giving the medical community hope that it will soon have another treatment for patients who suffer from ischemic strokes. The treatment involves threading a stent with a snare at the end up through an artery in the groin to grab and pull out the clot in the brain.
New studies indicate patients suffering from ischemic strokes should be monitored longer for evidence of atrial fibrillation.
A recently published article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has shed some light on the availability for treatment of stroke victims, as well as the barriers there are in getting victims the treatment they need within the time when it makes a difference.
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