Diet Study Involves More Than 135,000 Individuals From 18 Countries In the study involving over 135,000 individuals between 35 and 70 years old from 18 different countries, Mahshid Dehghan, from the Population Health Research Institute of McMaster University in Canada, and colleagues found that high carbohydrate intake is associated with worse total mortality and non-cardiovascular...
Tag: <span>Stroke</span>
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Ibuprofen health warning: Cheap painkiller raises the risk of heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure in arthritis sufferers
The painkiller is available in corner shops, supermarkets and petrol stations Swiss researchers found it had a more profound effect than similar medications The scientists warned the results are worrying for the arthritis-prone elderly Arthritis sufferers are at greater risk of heart disease and stroke if they take ibuprofen to dampen their pain, a study...
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Therapeutic cocktail could restore motor skills after spinal cord injury, stroke
After spinal cord injury or stroke, axons originating in the brain’s cortex and along the spinal cord become damaged, disrupting motor skills. Now, according to new findings published today in Neuron, a team of scientists at Boston Children’s Hospital has developed a method to promote axon regrowth after injury. The team developed a therapeutic cocktail of...
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First aid for stroke: What do you do?
A stroke is a medical emergency. Quick intervention may increase a person’s chance of survival and reduce the risk of long-term disability. Strokes occur when the blood supply to the brain is blocked or limited. Each year, over 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke – that’s about one every 40 seconds. If someone is having...
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Stroke recovery linked to stimulating environment
Ingrid Rosbergen from The University of Queensland’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences said the study at Nambour General Hospital compared a sample of patients rehabilitated in an ‘enriched’ environment with patients rehabilitated in a ‘usual’ environment. “Within the ‘enrichment’ model patients were encouraged to get out of their rooms and participate in group and...
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The efficacy of interactive, motion capture-based rehabilitation on functional outcomes in an inpatient stroke population: a randomized controlled trial
Abstract OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of novel interactive, motion capture-rehabilitation software to usual care stroke rehabilitation on physical function. DESIGN: Randomized controlled clinical trial. SETTING: Two subacute hospital rehabilitation units in Australia. PARTICIPANTS: In all, 73 people less than six months after stroke with reduced mobility and clinician determined capacity to improve. INTERVENTIONS: Both...
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Family-led rehabilitation surprisingly ineffective in the recovery of stroke patients
Family-led rehabilitation is not effective in aiding the recovery of people who have suffered a stroke, a major international trial involving researchers at the University of Nottingham has suggested. The results of the study, which was run across 13 centres throughout India and was one of the largest stroke rehabilitation trials ever undertaken, have surprised...
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Stroke recovery window may be wider than we think
Stroke survivors may experience delayed recovery of limb function up to decades after injury, according to a new case study. The article, published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurophysiology, was chosen as an APSselect article for July. The subject of the study is a man who suffered a stroke at age 15, leaving his...
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Mind-controlled device helps stroke patients retrain brains to move paralyzed hands
Medical resident Jarod Roland, MD, tries out a device that detects electrical activity in his brain and causes his hand to open and close in response to brain signals. A new study shows that this device can help chronic stroke patients …more Stroke patients who learned to use their minds to open and close a...
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Stroke patients take the lead in their rehabilitation
With Intento’s device, patients self-administer the electrical stimulation. Every year, 17 million people worldwide suffer strokes, and a third are left paralyzed on one side of their body. But current rehabilitation solutions are not always effective in improving mobility declines after the first few months. This is where EPFL startup Intento comes in with...