Stroke

  • Regular paracetamol use ‘can raise stroke risk’

    Regular paracetamol use ‘can raise stroke risk’

    Patients with high blood pressure should opt for the lowest effective dose for the shortest possible time, research concludes

  • InterAct Stroke Support: Theatre of the mind

    InterAct Stroke Support: Theatre of the mind

    InterAct Stroke Support takes professional actors into hospitals to read to stroke survivors. Stroke Rehab Times had a chat with Chief Executive and former actor/writer Nirjay Mahindru to find out more about how creativity and the arts can motivate and inspire stroke survivors. How does your work help stroke survivors? We believe it makes an [...]

  • Andy’s story: “The cat was meowing like a banshee!”

    Andy’s story: “The cat was meowing like a banshee!”

    Andy Bailey is three weeks into rehab and itching to get back home. A resident of Lower Saxony, Germany for the past 25 years, the 57-year-old is winding down with a cuppa after pounding the treadmill. Andy describes his lifestyle in the months before his stroke. “Sedentary. Drinking too much, eating all the kinds of [...]

  • Research breakthrough in post-stroke dementia

    Research breakthrough in post-stroke dementia

    A potential treatment has been identified to help remove cholesterol and reduce inflammation in the brain

  • KardiaMobile: Early AF detection in the patient’s pocket

    KardiaMobile: Early AF detection in the patient’s pocket

    KardiaMobile by AliveCor is a pocked-sized ECG capable of detecting atrial fibrillation (AF) - a leading cause of stroke in the UK. The NICE-backed technology can be prescribed to NHS patients for at-home AF monitoring. Sean Warren is UK&I Business Director at AliveCor. We sat down with him to find out more about how KardiaMobile [...]

  • Stride for Stroke: Paul’s story

    Stride for Stroke: Paul’s story

    IT manager Paul Howard was living a pretty sedentary and unhealthy lifestyle at 42. But the thought of having a stroke never crossed his mind. “Probably in the back of my head I thought it was possible. But it was not the sort of thing I thought about,” he tells Stroke Rehab Times. “I knew [...]

  • Young women ‘at greater ischemic stroke risk than men’

    Young women ‘at greater ischemic stroke risk than men’

    Women aged under 35 were found to be 44 per cent more likely than men to have an ischemic stroke

  • VERA aims to increase rehab potential for stroke survivors

    VERA aims to increase rehab potential for stroke survivors

    Pilot study underway to look at improving understanding of rehabilitation and increasing motivation and opportunity to participate in therapy

  • TRAIL study brings new remote rehab potential to stroke survivors

    TRAIL study brings new remote rehab potential to stroke survivors

    The telerehabilitation programme will assess the impact of exercise-based therapy that has been traditionally done in-person

  • Robocath: Precision robotics for better outcomes

    Robocath: Precision robotics for better outcomes

    Robocath has been developing robotic treatment innovations for cardiovascular disease since 2009. It’s R-One machine has been designed to enable surgeons to remotely perform delicate stent procedures and there are more indications in the pipeline. Lucien Goffart is CEO of the French medtech company. Before joining Robocath, he spent four years at Boston Scientific in [...]