Stroke

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Elders lack knowledge of stroke signs, risk factors

Reuters US Online Report Health News 82 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older people poorly understand most of the important warning signs of stroke and factors that increase risk for this medical emergency, researchers from Dublin, Ireland, have found. Among 2033 older men and women, fewer than half knew ...

Immune cells cause more post-stroke brain damage: study

Reuters US Online Report Health News 96 days ago

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists have identified a class of immune cells that floods the brain soon after a stroke, causing inflammation and more neurological damage. In an experiment, Japanese researchers showed how mice that were deficient in these immune cells suffered ...

Training said to help stroke patients focus

Reuters Life! Online Report 107 days ago

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Having a stroke often robs people of the ability to focus, but victims who undertake attention-training exercises with a psychologist recover some of what they lost, researchers reported on Thursday. Attention problems occur in more than half of all ...

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