Stroke

“Depression is not only a post-stroke issue, but also a pre-stroke phenomenon,” researchers say.

Current clinical guidelines used to determine when patients can safely undergo surgery following a stroke may be too conservative and could be delaying important care for cancer and other “semi-urgent”...

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More than 51,000 upper body movements of stroke patients were used to create the program, which could become a much-needed, standardized measurement tool for rehab, its makers say.

Targeting cardiometabolic health issues for treatment may be a way to lower the risk of cognitive decline, investigators say.

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The strategy of early tracheostomy, compared with a standard approach, did not significantly improve survival without severe disability at six months, investigators say. 

Findings for six-month functional outcomes among patients with severe stroke receiving mechanical ventilation

Better healthcare access and preventive measures have contributed to continued improvements in life expectancy and cardiovascular outcomes since the 1960s, investigators say.

A group of Australian researchers are calling for improvements in acute stroke care, after a study they conducted showed that nearly two-thirds of stroke patients fail to survive more than a decade and...