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Stroke Patients Should Receive Customized Palliative Care
Statement Highlights: People recovering from serious strokes should be given access to palliative care. Palliative care—which focusses on minimizing suffering – should be customized to stroke patients...
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Insomnia May Significantly Increase Stroke Risk
Study Highlights: Insomnia may significantly increase your risk of stroke and subsequent stroke hospitalizations. The risk was highest — up to eight times — among insomniacs 18-34 years old in a Taiwan...
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Specialized Ambulance Improves Treatment Time For Stroke
Bottom Line: Using an ambulance that included a computed tomography (CT) scanner, point-of-care laboratory, telemedicine connection and a specialized prehospital stroke team resulted in decreased time...
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Quality Improvement Program Helps Lower Risk of Bleeding, Death Following Stroke
Bottom Line: In a study that included more than 71,000 stroke patients, implementation of a quality initiative was associated with improvement in the time to treatment and a lower risk of in-hospital...
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Study Examines Patient Preferences For Emergency Treatment of Stroke
Bottom Line: The majority of adults surveyed indicated they would want administration of clot-dissolving medications if incapacitated by a stroke, a finding that supports clinicians’ use of this...
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Only About Half Of Strokes May Be Attributable To Known Causative Risk Factors
Bottom Line: A large proportion of strokes may not be attributable to known causative risk factors, according to a study published in this week’s PLOS Medicine. Michiel Bos and colleagues from the...
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Eating More Fruits, Vegetables May Cut Stroke Risk Worldwide
Study Highlight: Eating more fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of stroke worldwide, according to a new analysis of 20 studies conducted in Europe, the United States and Asia. Bottom Line:...
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No Sign of ‘Obesity Paradox’ in Obese Patients with Stroke
Bottom Line: Researchers found no evidence of an “obesity paradox” (some studies have suggested overweight or obese patients have lower mortality rates than underweight or normal weight patients)...
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Potassium-Rich Foods Cut Stroke, Death Risks Among Older Women
Bottom Line: Postmenopausal women who eat foods higher in potassium are less likely to have strokes and die than women who eat less potassium-rich foods, according to new research in the American Heart...
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‘Mini-Stroke’ May Lead to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Study Highlights: About 30 percent of transient ischemic attack or “mini-stroke” patients had symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a recent study. Those with PTSD had more depression,...
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Added Sugars Likely To Have Greater Role Than Salt In High Blood Pressure And...
Bottom Line: Added sugars in processed foods are likely to have a greater role in high blood pressure and heart disease and stroke, than added salt, say doctors in an analysis of the published evidence...
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