The author of the article: Richard Smith, Chair of Patients Know Best and icddr,b (formerly International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) and former editor of the BMJ. Article published on: https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/ Cardiovascular disease...

A virtual reality world called EVA Park can improve the communication of those who have impaired speech and language following a stroke, according to research by academics at City University London. The study, which is published in PLOS ONE, is the first exploration...

For too long the approach to raising the issues around stroke care has been fragmented. Commercial, patient and professional voices are often involved in separate campaigns leading to noise in the system that decision makers have all too easily been able to ignore....

A new electrical stimulation therapy helped stroke survivors with hand weakness improve hand dexterity more than an existing stimulation technique, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Stroke. About 800,000 people in the United States...

Sometimes the best medicine is the care of family and friends. Strong social support is related to shorter stay in inpatient rehab after hospitalization A recent study from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston showed that patients with strong social...