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UKs first freely accessible app aimed at Stroke and Brain Injury
The website is the first of its kind in the UK and is designed to provide a rehab and recovery resource for patients and clinicians across the country. The project and the website have just been shortlisted for a national advancing health care award. The project was...
Stroke support stories: National Stroke League of Hungary
The National Prevention and Rehabilitation League of Stroke in Hungary is a prominently public benefit organisation. Services include health-preservation, prevention of disease, healing- and medical rehabilitation activities. This is their story, told by Krisztina,...
TIME IS BRAIN – THINK FAST WHEN STROKE HAPPENS #StrokeEurope
In the midst of a media awareness campaign, which emphasized the warning signs of a stroke, the office of Neeman Stroke Survivors Association, Israel, received many calls of gratitude for the important information. A particularly moving one was from the mother of a 34...
“Economically dominant”: Study finds new stroke treatment helps save money over the long term
Story source: www.medtronic.com Recovery for patients like Viet Le is only part of the story. The first time it happened to Viet Le was bad enough. The second time produced the worst kind of déjà vu. “Things were going in slow motion again and I remember thinking ‘it...
We must constantly improve in our fight against stroke
Written by Alison Turner An interview with Piet Temmerman, Head Nurse at AZ Sint Blasius, shows that we must constantly improve in our fight against stroke. Every stroke survivor knows that the care provided in a stroke unit can save lives, prevent further strokes and...
