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People of different racial descents are often impacted in different ways when it comes to health events. For example, people of African descent are more likely to suffer from sickle cell anemia than people of European descent. There are … [Read more...]
Researchers out of the Louisiana State University Health Center in New Orleans have found that there is a way to help protect cells in the brain and encourage them to continue communicating with one another after a stroke has occurred. This … [Read more...]
A study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that those individuals that were hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms were much less likely to suffer from a stroke than those that were not seen in a … [Read more...]
A newly developed device looks like it could make a big impact on how stroke victims relearn how to walk. The device is lightweight, motorless, and attaches directly to an ankle support device or ankle foot orthosis. The device was … [Read more...]
One of the surprising things that researchers have noticed during the COVID-19 pandemic is that there has been a dramatic decline in the number of people that have gone to the emergency room and have received treatment for ischemic stroke. … [Read more...]
A new study shows that there might be a more effective way to protect the loss of brain cells that occurs during a stroke. The study indicated that when neurons--more commonly referred to as brain cells--are protected during and after a … [Read more...]
One method that has been used to help assess the recovery of someone who has suffered from a stroke is examining the rate at which blood flow resumes as normal to the brain after a stroke. Current research indicates that this might not be … [Read more...]
Using a new technique referred to as high-throughput imaging flow cytometry, doctors now have a new tool at their disposal when it comes to identifying blood clots. This might not seem like a big deal at first, but it really is. Blood clots … [Read more...]
Medical care is a lot harder to access during this point in the pandemic than it has been throughout most of our lifetimes. Although some doctors’ offices are returning to business as normal, a lot of them are still being quite cautious … [Read more...]
Current research shows that when women change their lifestyles for the better, it considerably lowers the risk of stroke that they face later on. These lifestyle changes can even be made later on in life, which is quite promising for older … [Read more...]
A study out of the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University points to the fact that stroke can do ongoing damage to the cardiovascular system. Rather than being a one time event that is treated and forgotten about, a stroke has a … [Read more...]
According to a study from the University of California in San Diego, a new approach to therapy in rats has a success rate that is three times higher when it comes to effectiveness in recovery from spinal cord injury. Doctors used a … [Read more...]
