BioNTech: Third dose — not new drug — is the best path for boosting COVID-19 vaccine efficacy … Connecticut: Long-term care workers must vaccinate or face fines … Older adults with poor hearing...
Signs of cognitive, functional decline may precede first stroke by 10 years
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 29, 2021
New findings suggest that people accumulate brain pathologies that may measurably impact their lives well before a stroke occurs, investigators say.
‘Silent’ heart attack proves to be new stroke risk factor for older adults, experts find
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 15, 2021
Symptomless heart attacks may pose the same risk of stroke as a chest-crushing event, and are more common in people 65 and older, according to a new study to be presented at the upcoming American Stroke...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Feb. 3
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 03, 2021
Nursing home coronavirus cases drop by nearly half over four weeks … New stroke-prevention screening guidance published … White House to open coronavirus vaccines distribution to 6,500 retail pharmacies...
Sleep disorders common after stroke; older survivors at special risk: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 08, 2021
Fully 41% of people who had strokes or mini-strokes had insomnia immediately after the event, and nearly that many still had trouble sleeping more than three months later, according to a new review.
A new rehabilitation system is designed to promote motor, cognitive and functional ability in people who have suffered a stroke.
Hope for stroke patients may lie in neurorehab treatments
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 01, 2014
Five neurorehabilitation treatments for those recovering from stroke were highlighted in a December Neurology Clinical Practice report.
Therapy robots a success with recovering stroke victims, research finds
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 29, 2012
An experimental “socially assistive” robot has been shown to get better results in elderly rehabilitation patients than human therapists, preliminary research finds.