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SAFE starts building the Stroke Support Organisation Faculty Tool
This September, SAFE started developing a standalone tool Learning Management System (LMS) that can be accessed by SAFE members online in any location. This project's title is Stroke Support Organisation Faculty Tool (SSOFT) The SAFE board approved the appointment of...
Study settles debate over giving stroke patients routine oxygen
A national trial involving more than 8,000 patients has revealed that giving oxygen to stroke victims makes no difference to their recovery or chances of survival. The study was led by Keele University's stroke specialist Professor Christine Roffe, along with North...
New class of molecules may protect brain from stroke, neurodegenerative diseases
Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health New Orleans, has discovered a new class of molecules in the brain that synchronize cell-to-cell communication and neuroinflammation/immune...
Make efforts in stroke prevention now to avoid the disabling changes a stroke can cause
Source: https://worldstrokeorganization.blogspot.com Anabela Resende, a survivor of stroke and member of the board of Portugal AVC, shares her stroke experience and reason for preventing strokes. Where were you when you had your stroke? I suffered the stroke on...
People with AF are at least three times more likely to have a stroke than those without this condition
New research released on 21st September 2017 by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a division of The Economist and a leader in global business intelligence, revealed that on average, more than 75 percent of people aged 65 and older worldwide are not being screened...
