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News2 SepThere were almost a third fewer cases of stroke and mini-stroke in hospitals across the US in March and April this year compared to the same time in 2019. This is because many patients may have been less likely to visit emergency services for fear of catching the virus. A team of researchers across the US [...]
News2 SepScotland urgently needs a long-term plan for stroke care to avoid a ‘crisis’, a leading charity has warned.
New official figures released by Public Health Scotland show that compliance with the Stroke Care Bundle, support that aims to decrease deaths, was 64 per cent in 2019 across the NHS. This is an increase from 2018, when 59 per cent met Stoke Care Bundle targets. No health board in Scotland met the 80 per cent target.
News2 SepMobility and disability conference Naidex has postponed this year’s event until spring next year.
The event was originally scheduled for 17 and 18 March this year, and was initially pushed back to 9 and 10 November this year. The event’s organisers, Naidex, have now confirmed the event will take place on 9 and 10 March 2021 at the NEC in Birmingham. The event had confirmed speakers including wheelchair athletes, disability rights champions, inclusion leads, motivation speakers and charity CEOs ROAR B2B, the organisers of Naidex, say the ‘extremely difficult’ decision comes after extensive consultation with its partners, exhibitors and visitors.
News1 SepIt's well established that social factors, such as income, race and education, are associated with poorer health. Now, researchers have found that some of these social determinants of health are linked to a cumulative increased risk of stroke.
Researchers in the US have found that people under the age of 75 with three or more social determinants of health (SDOH) are almost 2.5 times more likely to have a stroke than those who don't have any. Race, education, income and social isolation were associated with a higher risk of stroke, and the risk increased alongside the number of social determinants of health a person had.
News1 SepResearchers have, for the first time, shown that synchronising electrical and magnetic stimulation therapy, otherwise known as paired associative stimulation therapy (PAS), can improve a paraplegic patient’s ability to walk.
Researchers at the BioMag Laboratory, operated by the University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital and Aalto University, have previously found that stimulating the motor nerves of the brain and limbs can be useful for motor rehab in patients with spinal cord injuries by strengthening neural connections and, in turn, restoring patients' mobility. In 2016, researchers showed that applying a modified version of the original PAS to two spinal cord injury patients can enhance motor output of paretic muscles and return movement to such paralysed muscles.
Multiple sclerosis1 SepA particular combination of bacteria in the gut could worsen symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), research suggests.
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Japan have found that two specific gut bacteria enhance the activity of immune cells that attack the body's own brain and spinal cord. MS is characterised by the immune system attacking the myelin that covers the nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord in a process called demyelination. This process affects how the communication between neurons and with muscles, which causes the symptoms associated with the disease.
Legal1 SepBy David Withers of Irwin Mitchell LLP.
In personal injury cases, lawyers use “The Actuarial Tables with explanatory notes for use in Personal Injury and Fatal Accident Cases”, otherwise known as the “Ogden Tables”. The tables can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ogden-tables-actuarial-compensation-tables-for-injury-and-death. The Ogden tables help actuaries, lawyers and others calculate the lump sum compensation due in personal injury and fatal accident cases.
News26 AugNeuroscientists have discovered the potential next step in stroke therapy, after finding that blood replacement therapy leads to improved stroke outcomes in mice.
The procedure would involve replacing the blood of a stroke patient with the blood of a healthy person who's never suffered a stroke. This could lessen brain damage and avoid any neurological injury. The researchers, from West Virginia University, found that blood substitution therapy preserved the brains of mice from stroke damage. Replacing 20 percent of a mouse’s blood showed a profound reduction in brain damage.
News25 AugIn the first days after a concussion, common symptoms include headaches, nausea, dizziness, fatigue, increased sleepiness or difficulty sleeping. Most of the time, people fully recover from these symptoms quite quickly.
But new research published in the Journal of Neurotrauma suggests some people’s symptoms can linger after a concussion and cause long-term sleep problems, which, in turn, can lead to other symptoms including reduced cognitive functioning, emotional distress and a lower quality of life.
News24 AugResearchers have found that a chemical compound found in the shell of cashew nuts could repair myelin, which could have benefits for the treatment of autoimmune disorder multiple sclerosis (MS).
In lab experiments, researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, US, found that anacardic acid could help in the treatment for demyelinating diseases, which cause damage to the protective covering surrounding nerve fibres in the brain, optic nerves and spinal cord. Anacardic acid is known to inhibit an enzyme involved in gene expression called histone acetyltransferase, and whatever inhibits this, induces the production of IL-33. Researchers already knew that IL-33, a chemical made in response to injury, induces myelin formation, and is therefore an immune response regulator. MS and other neurological disorders stem from damage to myelin.
