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A deeper understanding of AFib could lower risk
First appeared on ScienceDaily.com More than 2.5 million Americans are living with Atrial Fibrillation (AFib). AFib is an irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications. What doctors and researchers...
Electrophysiological sign of cerebral infarction identified
A massive and extremely slow change in electrical potential is evidence of irreparable damage First appeared on ScienceDaily.com Researchers from Charité -- Universitätsmedizin Berlin have analyzed the underlying electrophysiological indicators of subarachnoid...
Mice regrow brain tissue after stroke with bioengineered gel
Replacement neurons, blood vessels fill in stroke cavity; gel provides scaffolding First appeared on ScienceDaily.com In a first-of-its-kind finding, a new stroke-healing gel helped regrow neurons and blood vessels in mice with stroke-damaged brains, UCLA researchers...
Imaging may allow safe tPA treatment of patients with unwitnessed strokes
First published on ScienceDaily.com A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators may lead to a significant expansion in the number of stroke patients who can safely be treated with intravenous tPA (tissue plasminogen activator), the "clot busting"...
Dementia trend shows later onset with fewer years of the disease
First published on ScienceDaily.com The diagnosis is one that a family never wants to hear: Your father has Alzheimer's disease. Your mother has stroke-related dementia. A recently released study, included in a special supplement to the Journal of Gerontology,...
