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Enhanced rehab for stroke doubles movement recovery
First appeared on ScienceDaily.com A novel therapy technique invented by researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas has been shown in a pilot study to double the rate of upper limb recovery in stroke patients, a leap forward in treating the nearly 800,000...
Mediterranean-style diet may lower women’s stroke risk
The original article first published on ScienceDaily.com One of the largest and longest-running efforts to evaluate the potential benefits of the Mediterranean-style diet in lowering risk of stroke found that the diet may be especially protective in women over 40...
Critical differences in clots that cause a stroke
The original article was first published on ScienceDaily.com There are two main treatments for stroke caused by a clot in a blood vessel in the brain. One treatment, mechanical thrombectomy, involves pulling the clot out with a specialized catheter that is inserted...
Attention network plays key role in restoring vision after brain damage
The original article first published on ScienceDaily.com About one third of patients who have suffered a stroke end up with low vision, losing up to half of their visual field. This partial blindness was long considered irreversible, but recent studies have shown that...
Stroke doubles dementia risk, concludes large-scale study
The original article published at ScienceDaily.com People who have had a stroke are around twice as likely to develop dementia, according to the largest study of its kind ever conducted. The University of Exeter Medical School led the study which analysed data on...
