OCD patients at increased risk of ischemic stroke later in life: Study Hina Zahid30 May 2021 6:30 PM ISTTaipei, Taiwan: People having obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are at thrice the risk for ischemic stroke later in life than people without OCD,...
Researchers report stroke in young adults after COVID-19 vaccination Medha Baranwal28 May 2021 9:00 AM ISTThe cases described suggest that, in addition to cerebral venous thrombosis, vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopaenia (VTT) can also lead...
IIT Mandi Researchers invent technique to detect Ischemic stroke-related abnormal brain characteristics hina6 May 2021 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Innovators at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi has invented a method to simultaneously study the variations in nerve...
Increased Insulin resistance may delay recovery in non-diabetic stroke patients: Study Medha Baranwal10 March 2021 10:00 AM ISTSouth Korea: Researchers have found in a new study that Insulin resistance measured by the HOMA-IR index was associated with the poor functional...
Telestroke Improves Care and Saves Lives in Ischemic Stroke Patients: JAMA study MD Bureau5 March 2021 9:15 PM ISTTelestroke can extend stroke expertise to hospitals without on-site stroke expertise. A telestroke consultation is a real-time videoconference between...
Nonsurgical treatment for cerebral infarction using wearable wireless ultrasound devices Hina Zahid24 Jan 2021 9:54 PM ISTCerebral infarction, commonly known as ischemic stroke, has a high mortality rate and causes severe damage to nervous cells in the brain owing to the...
Targeting calcium overload may improve stroke outcomes, research suggests Hina Zahid5 Jan 2021 5:00 PM ISTExcessive calcium contributes to harmful inflammation in ischemic stroke, and targeting it may provide doctors with a new way to improve patient...
tPA benefit consistent upto 9 hours in stroke patients: JAMA Medha Baranwal7 Nov 2020 11:23 AM ISTAustralia: Stroke patients selected using perfusion mismatch had consistent treatment effect of alteplase (or tPA) throughout the 4.5- to 9-hours and...
COVID-19 patients at higher risk of stroke and heart attack: Circulation Medha Baranwal29 Oct 2020 6:26 PM ISTDenmark: COVID-19 patients had a higher risk of developing AMI or ischemic stroke, 14 days after confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis, suggests a recent...
Amniotic fluid may yield novel treatment option for ischemic stroke Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli7 Oct 2020 6:30 PM ISTDurham, NC - According to the World Stroke Organization, each year, 5.5 million people across the world die from stroke, and more than 116 million...
Bell's palsy linked to increased risk of ischemic stroke, finds study Medha Baranwal13 Aug 2020 6:30 PM ISTSouth Korea: Patients with Bell's palsy are at increased risk of ischemic stroke but not of hemorrhagic stroke, suggests a recent study in the...
High fasting blood sugar tied to Ischemic Stroke in elderly hypertensives: Study Dr Satabdi Saha11 Aug 2020 10:45 AM ISTYu-qing Huang et. al. from Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, China recently reported that elevated fasting blood sugar was an independent risk...
