Patients who went partially blind after suffering a stroke regained large swaths of rudimentary sight after undergoing visual training designed by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Flaum Eye Institute. A new study out today in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, provides the first evidence that rigorous visual training...
Tag: <span>Stroke</span>
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Ground-breaking app offering personalised rehabilitation programs for patients following stroke
Micrograph showing cortical pseudolaminar necrosis, a finding seen in strokes on medical imaging and at autopsy. H&E-LFB stain. Stroke is one of the world’s leading causes of disability so a first-of-its-kind app that supports clinicians to develop best practice rehabilitation strategies for patients with arm impairments following stroke is good news for millions of...
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microRNA may reduce stroke risk
The molecule microRNA-210 stabilises deposits in the carotid artery and can prevent them from tearing. Thus, it may prevent dangerous blood clots from forming. This is what scientists headed by Prof. Lars Mägdefessel, Professor of Vascular Biology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and head of a junior scientist group in the German Centre...
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Ground-breaking app offering personalized rehabilitation programs for patients following stroke
Stroke is one of the world’s leading cause of disability and hence a first-of-its kind app that supports clinicians to develop best practice rehabilitation measures for patients with arm disabilities following a stroke is good news for millions of people. The ViaTherapy app was developed through a worldwide collaboration of stroke rehab researchers including UniSA...
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Molecular therapy set to protect at-risk patients against heart attack and stroke
A blood clot forming in the carotid artery. Even a single dose of a specific ribonucleic acid molecule, known as a small interfering RNA (siRNA), offers patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease long-lasting protection against high LDL cholesterol – one of the main risk factors for heart attack and stroke. This is the...
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Adult Stem Cell Therapy for Stroke: Challenges and Progress
Abstract Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and physical disability among adults. It has been 15 years since clinical trials of stem cell therapy in patients with stroke have been conducted using adult stem cells like mesenchymal stem cells and bone marrow mononuclear cells. Results of randomized controlled trials showed that adult...
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Study shows stem cell therapy is safe for stroke patients
A multicenter trial looking at whether a single dose of millions of adult, bone-marrow-derived stem cells can aid stroke recovery indicates it’s safe and well-tolerated by patients but may not significantly improve their recovery within the first three months, researchers report. However, the trial does provide evidence that giving the therapy early – within the first 36 hours after...
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Study shows stem cell therapy is safe for stroke patients; may aid recovery if given early
IMAGE: DR. DAVID C. HESS, STROKE SPECIALIST AND CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY AT THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA AT AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY. AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 20, 2017) – A multicenter trial looking at whether a single dose of millions of adult, bone-marrow-derived stem cells can aid stroke recovery indicates it’s safe and well-tolerated by...
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How drugs guided by magnets to precise points in the body will change the way stroke patients are treated
Biochemists mixed drugs with magnetic particles to create ‘nanospheres’ These spheres can be directed to precise points in the body and aid illness Delivering the drugs in this way could make them 1,000 times more effective Drugs guided by magnets to zero in on blood clots are set to revolutionise the treatment of stroke and...
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Marr’s mini miracle: After a stroke left him partially paralysed, Andrew Marr feared he’d never walk normally again. Then a US doctor turned him upside-down – and, as he movingly reveals, it’s sent his spirits soaring
Andrew Marr has been filmed as he trains his body following his 2013 stroke He wanted to promote the work of stroke charities which support those affected The journalist has had to ‘struggle with physiotherapy’ but wanted to show what it is like to recover from a stroke The consequences aren’t generally obvious on television....