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Ten former rugby league players are planning legal action against the Rugby Football League for negligence relating to “neurological complications”.

Some patients who have an embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) are especially vulnerable to developing atrial fibrillation (AF), a recent study has found. AF is a heart condition that causes an irregular heartbeat and abnormally fast heart rate and is a factor into up to one in five strokes in the UK. RE-SPECT ESUS [...]

The iReadMore app - created to support people with aphasia or acquired reading impairments due to stroke, brain injury or dementia - is continuing to grow, driven by the positive experiences of users worldwide whose reading abilities have recovered significantly as a result of its use. 

The coronavirus is associated with a greater risk of developing a rare stroke than a dose of the vaccine, according to a new study. The study published in Nature Medicine draw upon data from 32 million patient records from England. Patients having the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine had an increased risk of haemorrhagic stroke in the 28 [...]

A novel stroke and trauma alert system called 'STRAUMA' allows stroke patients to be rapidly assessed for traumatic injuries without delaying brain imaging and life-saving treatment, according to a new study from the US. The system was developed by researchers at UCHealth Memorial Hospital in 2018. If a serious injury is not found, the patient [...]

A state of the art robotic device is helping stroke patients walk again following a successful £365,000 fundraising campaign by the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity. The ‘Walkerbot’ campaign was funded in just 20 months thanks to generous donations from individuals, businesses and community supporters. The Hocoma Lokomat machine is the first of its kind [...]

Using deep brain stimulation (DBS) to target the area of the brain responsible for voluntary movements is safe and feasible for promoting post-stroke rehabilitation, according to a first-in-human study. The single-arm, open-label study, EDEN trial was conducted at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. The 12 participants had chronic, moderate to severe hemiparesis (weakness) in the arm and/or [...]

Clinicians may one day be able to draw upon personalised clotting profiles to deliver precision medicine to people at risk of stroke, thanks to new research. In a study published in Blood Advances, researchers created a test that separates people into different groups depending on how their bodies respond to different clotting events. Platelets form [...]

An Essex hospital has introduced cutting-edge AI-powered technology to enable clinicians to deliver life-changing treatment more quickly. e-Stroke, developed by UK company Brainomix, is now available at Colchester Hospital, part of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The software analyses images of the brain and blood vessels to automatically flag blockages. The stroke [...]

Researchers in the US have discovered a previously unknown role for the brain's immune cells that are triggered during ischaemic stroke. The team at University of Virginia School of Medicine (UVA) found that microglia cells also help to regulate blood flow and maintain the brain’s critical blood vessels. The findings may prove important in stroke, [...]