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Ischemic stroke patients treated with ‘bridging therapy’ within four-and-a-half-hours of their first symptoms may face better outcomes than those treated with mechanical thrombectomy alone. The findings from the meta-analysis are published in the journal Neurology. Two-step bridging therapy involves mechanical thrombectomy and the injection of a clot-busting drug. Author Gabriela Trifan, MD, of the University [...]

A new global trial is underway to find the first proven treatment for haemorrhagic stroke. The FASTEST trial, led by researchers at University of Cincinnati, will examine whether the drug can ‘plug the leak’ of bleeding in the brain. The drug is made using a natural clotting protein that our bodies make to seal wounds. [...]

A Swiss consortium led by brain technology company MindMaze has won a prestigious Innosuisse Flagship award which it will use to build new treatment models for stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury. SwissNeuroRehab will leverage the 11.2 million CHF [£8.9 million] to create programs which combine neurotechnology and the latest digital therapeutics. [...]

Researchers in the US have developed a new way of treating atrial fibrillation (AF) – a leading cause of stroke. vMap is a non-invasive, computational mapping system that generates a three-dimensional, interactive map of arrythmia hotspots on the heart. The system maps all four chambers of the organ, the septal wall and the outflow tracts [...]

Treatment of stroke with mechanical thrombectomy reduced post-stroke disability in nearly half of all patients in a new real-world study. Patients suffering from an ischemic stroke are typically treated with medication to dissolve the clot. However, in more severe cases a catheter with a special device on the end is threaded through the blood cell [...]

More than 38,000 people who called 999 in January 2022 with an emergency condition such as stroke waited nearly 90 minutes for an ambulance, NHS England figures reveal. The new data shows that 10 per cent of category 2 incident calls to 999 took over 1 hour 23 minutes to arrive. Patients waited an average [...]

People who have COVID-19 face a much greater risk of having a stroke or heart attack, a large study has found. The research used US Department of Veterans Affairs data on more than 150,000 people who had the coronavirus between March 2020 and January 2021. All the patients survived the first 30 days of the [...]

A Scottish MP who returned to the Commons against the advice of her doctor has called on ministers to increase financial support for survivors of stroke. Amy Callaghan MP made her first Chamber appearance in almost two years after suffering a haemorrhagic stroke. The SNP minister for East Dunbartonshire appealed to Work and Pensions Secretary [...]

Cognitive rehabilitation provider continues to expand on the strength of growing demand for its services

Some young cannabis smokers who survive a stroke are nearly 50 per cent more likely than their peers to suffer a second attack, new research suggests. The study revealed that 18-46-year-olds with cannabis use disorder (CUD) were 48 per cent more likely to be hospitalised with another stroke. Cannabis use disorder is defined as dependent [...]