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Vanessa and Karen provide vital support for stroke survivors
A service helping stroke survivors recover faster at home has seen waiting times slashed from six weeks to eight days.
Hull hospital trials video triage for stroke patients in East Yorkshire
Stroke patients in Hull and parts of East Yorkshire are to benefit from a new rapid assessment system aimed at saving lives and improving care.
UHNM exceeds national average in mechanical stroke thrombectomy outcomes
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust has confirmed its place at the forefront of pioneering revolutionary mechanical thrombectomy with almost five times the national average number of patients leaving hospital with no stroke symptoms, latest figures reveal.
New clot-busting drug recommended by NICE set to save NHS £millions
NICE has published its final guidance recommending tenecteplase (also called Metalyse and made by Boehringer Ingelheim) as an option for treating acute ischaemic stroke in adults.
Face screening tool detects stroke in seconds
A new smartphone face-screening tool could help paramedics to identify stroke in seconds – much sooner and more accurately than is possible with current technologies.
Stroke team’s international partnership
University Hospitals Dorset’s stroke team has been involved in a global health programme to improve stroke services across the world.
Adding genetic information to health checks improves identification of people at risk of heart attacks and strokes
Researchers have discovered a better way of identifying those at high risk of potential heart attacks and strokes and other major cardiovascular disease events.
Paramedics now video call QEH doctors to get immediate expert help for stroke patients
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is working with East of England Ambulance Service Trust to use video calls to help suspected stroke patients.
New research to help strengthen our understanding of stroke recovery
Helping lighten the load so stroke patients get back on their feet forms new research from University of Northampton.
Researchers help stroke survivors with visual impairments
Vision experts from the University of Liverpool have developed a first of its kind questionnaire to assess the impact of post-brain injury visual impairment.
New cholesterol project to reduce hospital readmissions at UHNM
A new project at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is helping to reduce hospital readmissions in heart attack, stroke and vascular patients.
National role for East Kent stroke consultant
East Kent Hospitals’ consultant stroke physician and clinical lead Dr David Hargroves has been announced as a new National Clinical Director, taking a leading role for NHS England.
Millions with cardiovascular disease could benefit from a new cholesterol treatment target recommendation
Up to 2.1 million people with cardiovascular disease (CVD) could benefit from a new cholesterol target outlined in NICE guidance for the first time.
Thousands of lives saved by the NHS thanks to rapid rollout of blood thinners
Thousands of lives have been saved and almost 17,000 strokes prevented, thanks to the rapid roll out of blood-thinning drugs on the NHS, the head of the health service announced last month.
Artificial intelligence helping stroke survivors at QEH
Stroke patients are getting the care they need faster thanks to new cutting-edge computer technology.
Standing blood pressure test more accurate in detecting hypertension
Measuring blood pressure while patients are standing rather than sitting may improve the accuracy of readings, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers in the US report.
Existing drugs could treat strokes linked to dementia
People who experience a type of stroke linked with nearly half of all dementias could be treated for the first time by repurposing two cheap and common drugs, a trial shows.
Research pinpoints inflammation source behind atherosclerosis
Scientists have discovered in mice how high cholesterol causes blood vessels to become inflamed, a necessary prerequisite for atherosclerosis – the “hardening of the arteries” responsible for most heart attacks and strokes.
Warfarin use should not disqualify stroke patients from lifesaving clot-removing surgery
Most stroke patients taking the anticoagulant warfarin were no more likely than those not on the medication to experience a brain bleed when undergoing a procedure to remove a blood clot, according to a new study.
Leicester volunteers sought for UK’s largest health research programme
People living in Leicester are being urged to take part in a national health research programme which aims to create the most detailed “portrait” of people’s health in the UK.