by University of Pittsburgh Credit: University of Pittsburgh A neurotechnology that stimulates the spinal cord instantly improves arm and hand mobility, enabling people affected by moderate to severe stroke to conduct their normal daily activities more easily, report researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University today in Nature Medicine. A pair of thin metal electrodes...
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, Feb. 16, 2023 — According the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, depression is a common experience for stroke survivors. A scientific statement from the Association indicates that about one-third of stroke survivors experience depression – compared to 5%–13% of adults without stroke. If left untreated, it...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES HEALTH SCIENCES Many patients don’t receive much rehabilitation therapy following a stroke, despite strong evidence that higher amounts can reduce long-term disability, according to a new UCLA-led study that tracked over 500 patients across 28 acute care hospitals in their first year following a stroke. The new research, published in the...
by Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) Astrocytes show distinct Ezrin expression in early postnatal mice. Ezrin and GFAP co-immunostaining on free-floating 40 μm coronal sections of P10 Nestin-Cre;ezrinfl/fl. Credit: Glia (2022). DOI: 10.1002/glia.24253 Astrocytes are star-shaped cells in the brain that play an important role in maintaining the blood-brain barrier, supplying nerve cells with...
by University of Calgary Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University of Calgary say the flu vaccine lowers the risk of stroke among adults even if they are not at high risk for stroke. Investigators evaluated the health records of over four million Albertans over a nine-year period. The results indicate vaccination against influenza...
by Kevin Punsky, Mayo Clinic Credit: CC0 Public Domain When it comes to strokes, every second counts. Mayo Clinic experts explain how to recognize the signs of a stroke and how to reduce stroke risk. “We often say, ‘Time is brain,’ meaning the sooner we can restore blood flow to the brain, the better the outcomes...
by University of Maryland School of Medicine Credit: CC0 Public Domain A person’s blood type may be linked to their risk of having an early stroke, according to a new meta-analysis led by University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers. Findings were published today in the journal Neurology. The meta-analysis included all available data from...
by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Credit: Cedars-Sinai Newly compiled data evaluated by researchers in the Department of Neurology and the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai shows that COVID-19 vaccines do not raise stroke risk—but that severe COVID-19 infection does. Physician-scientists hope this growing body of evidence, highlighted today in an editorial in the journal Neurology, will ease the...
by American Heart Association Video recording and processing. A, Video recording setup. B, Original video recording. C, Video processing and highlighting the movements of every pixel in each frame. Credit: Journal of the American Heart Association (2022). DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.122.025702 Motion analysis of video recorded on a smartphone accurately detected narrowed arteries in the neck, which are a...
by British Medical Journal Credit: CC0 Public Domain Dietary salt substitutes lower the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death from all causes and cardiovascular disease, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in the journal Heart. The beneficial effects of these substitutes are likely to apply to people all around the world,...
