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Subarachnoid hemorrhage and the need for expert treatment
Research led by the head of the Barrow Neurological Institute and published in the July 20, 2017 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine reveals that subarachnoid hemorrhages, which are caused by ruptured brain aneurysms, account for 5-10 percent of all strokes...
Experiences of stroke survivors with visual impairments examined
A new University of Liverpool study, published in Wiley Brain and Behaviour, identifies simple measures that could substantially improve the quality of life of stroke survivors with visual impairments. About two thirds of stroke survivors have visual impairment which...
Men, not women, may be having fewer strokes
The overall rate of stroke in the United States has been declining in recent years and while that has been good news, a new study suggests it may be primarily good news for men. The research, published in the August 9, 2017, online issue of Neurology®, the medical...
Women have more active brains than men, study confirms
In the largest functional brain imaging study to date, the Amen Clinics (Newport Beach, CA) compared 46,034 brain SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) imaging studies provided by nine clinics, quantifying differences between the brains of men and women....
Higher dementia risk associated with birth in high stroke mortality states
Is being born in states with high stroke mortality associated with dementia risk in a group of individuals who eventually all lived outside those states? A new article published by JAMA Neurology reports the results of a study that examined that question in a group of...
