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Tag Archives: Stroke Rehabilitation
World Stroke Day and Recent Resources on Prevention and Management of Stroke (NHS England / WSO / NHS RightCare)
Summary World Stroke Day, this year, was on October 29th 2017. It had a stroke prevention theme. The NHS RightCare stroke pathway for Preventing and Managing Stroke, published recently, defines the components in an optimal scheme for the prevention and … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Hypertension, In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Hyper-Acute Stroke Units, Hyperacute Stroke Care, Hyperacute Stroke Units, Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party (ICSWP), Interdisciplinary Services (Stroke Units), Missed Opportunities in Stroke Prevention, NHS RightCare, NHS RightCare Intelligence Programme, NHS RightCare Pathway for Preventing and Managing Stroke:, NHS RightCare Pathways, Poststroke Rehabilitation, Preventing and Managing Stroke: NHS RightCare Pathway, Prevention and Management of Stroke (NHS RightCare Pathway), RCP Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP), RightCare CVD Prevention Pathway, Secondary Prevention of Stroke, Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP), Specialist Stroke Units, SSNAP: Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, Stroke Association, Stroke Prevention, Stroke Rehabilitation, Stroke Rehabilitation Standards, Stroke Sentinel Audit Programme: Investigating and Evaluating Stroke Therapy (SSNAPIEST), Stroke Units, Stroke: State of the Nation, Tony Rudd: National Clinical Director for Stroke at NHS England, World Stroke Day, World Stroke Day (2017), World Stroke Organization (WSO)
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Researchers Advise Use of Aspirin Immediately After Minor Strokes (BBC News / Lancet)
Summary The benefits of taking aspirin immediately after a mini or minor stroke, to prevent or limit harm, have been hugely under-estimated. Full Text Link Reference Mundasad, S. (2016). ‘Immediate aspirin’ advice for minor stroke. London: BBC Health News, May … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, National, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Aspirin, Aspirin Reduces Risk and Severity of Early Recurrent Stroke After Ischaemic Stroke, Aspirin Reduces Risk and Severity of Early Recurrent Stroke After Transient Ischaemic Attack, Australia, BBC Health News, Benefits of Aspirin in Early Secondary Stroke Prevention, Department of Clinical Sciences: Lund University, Department of Neurology: Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Department of Neurology: University Duisburg-Essen, Department of Neurology: University Medical Center Utrecht, Early Secondary Stroke Prevention, Germany, Ischaemic Stroke, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care: University Medical Center Utrecht, Lancet, Lund University, Mini-Strokes, Minor Strokes, Netherlands, Non-Haemorrhagic Stroke, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences: University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Population Health: University of Oxford, Oxford University, Poststroke Rehabilitation, Rudolph Magnus Institute for Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Pharmacology: University of Western Australia, Secondary Stroke Prevention, Section of Neurology: Lund University, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital: Perth, Stroke Association, Stroke Care, Stroke Prevention, Stroke Prevention Research Unit: University of Oxford, Stroke Rehabilitation, Stroke Statistics, Sweden, Symptoms of Stroke and Mini-Stroke, Tony Rudd: National Clinical Director for Stroke at NHS England, Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA), University Duisburg-Essen, University Medical Center Utrecht, University of Oxford, University of Western Australia, Western Australian Neuroscience Research Institute (WANRI)
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Stroke Brain Damage Reversed by Brain Stimulation? (BBC News / PNAS)
Summary Research at Stanford University School of Medicine, on mice, indicates that stimulation of the brain regions which control movement may help recovery from strokes. They investigated whether brain stimulation aided recovery and discovered that those animals receiving brain stimulation … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Animal Studies, BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Stroke, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Ischaemic Stroke, BBC Health News, BDNF: Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Brain Plasticity: Brain Stimulation-Induced, Brain Stimulation, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF), Channelrhodopsin 2, Cracking the Neural Code (CNC) Program, Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Strokes, Functional Recovery (Post-Stroke), Genetic Research, Genetically Engineered Mice, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ipsilesional Primary Motor Cortex (iM1), Laboratory of Synthetic Perceptive Emotive and Cognitive Systems: Pompeu Fabra University, Motor Cortex, Nerve Growth Factor, Neuronal Stimulation, Neurotrophin 3, Neurotrophins, Optogenetic Neuronal Stimulation, Optogenetic Stimulation, Optogenetics, Physical Rehabilitation, Plasticity Marker Growth-Associated Protein 43, PNAS, Pompeu Fabra University, Poststroke Rehabilitation, Potential Drug Targets for Stroke Treatment, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Recovery, Rehabilitation, Selective Neuronal Stimulations, Spain, Stanford Stroke Center: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stroke Rehabilitation, Stroke Therapy, Synaptic Plasticity, United States, USA, Virtual Reality in Post-Stroke Recovery, Virtuous Circle in Post-Stroke Recovery
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Pilot Study of Stem Cell Treatment in Stroke Therapy (BBC News / Stem Cell Translational Medicine)
Summary A pilot study at Imperial College London indicates that infusing stem cells into the brain during the first week after a stroke may improve recovery. Patients were more likely to be able to walk and look after themselves independently … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Ischaemic Stroke, Angiogenesis, BBC Health News, Brain Research, CD34+ Hematopoietic Stem / Progenitor Cells, Haruko Obokata, Imperial College London, Ischaemic Brain Damage, Medical Research, Neurogenesis, Neurological Research, Professor Yoshiki Sasai, RIKEN's Centre for Developmental Biology, Severe Anterior Circulation Ischemic Stroke, Shinichi Aizawa (Riken Institute), Stap Cells: Stimulus-Triggered Acquisition of Pluripotency, Stem Cell Research, Stem Cell Translational Medicine, Stem Cell Treatment in Stroke Therapy, Stem Cells, Stem Cells (CD34+), Stroke Rehabilitation, Stroke Therapy, Transformative Therapies, Translational Research
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Women Have Poorer Quality of Life After Stroke (BBC News)
Summary Research in the United States, covering 1,370 patients three months and a year after a stroke, has found that women tend to have a poorer quality of life after a stroke than men. Women tend to have strokes at a … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, Quick Insights, Statistics, Stroke, Universal Interest
Tagged Anxiety, BBC Health News, Department of Neurology and Women's Health Center of Excellence for Leadership Research and Education: Winston-Salem, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Nursing, Emotional Impact of Stroke, Michigan State University, Mini-Stroke (TIA) Services, Mood Disorders After Stroke, Neurology, Organisation of Stroke Services, Poststroke Care, Poststroke Rehabilitation, Quality of Life After Ischemic Stroke, Stroke Care Pathway, Stroke Patients and Carers, Stroke Rehabilitation, Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA), Transient Ischaemic Attacks, United States, University of Texas Southwestern, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center: North Carolina
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NICE Pathways: New or Recently Updated Care Pathways (NICE)
Summary NICE Pathways are a collection of online resources which summarise selected NICE guidelines, and related information, in topic-based interactive flowcharts. Topics of likely interest, recently added or updated (as sampled August / September 2012), include: Acute Kidney Injury Care Pathway. … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NICE Guidelines, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Activity, Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), Acute Kidney Injury Care Pathway, Care Pathways (NICE), Exercise, Exercise Regimens, Falls in Older People, Fragility Hip Fractures, Hip Fractures, Moderate Exercise, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NICE, NICE Acute kidney Injury Care Pathway, NICE Guidance, NICE Pathways, Physical Activity, Physical Activity Programmes, Poststroke Care, Preventative Care, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Public Health, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation After Critical Illness, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Risk Factors, Stable Angina, Stroke Care, Stroke Care Pathway, Stroke Rehabilitation, Varicose Veins, Varicose Veins in the Legs
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