If you eat plenty of tomatoes your risk of having a stroke will probably be lower, scientists from the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio revealed in the October 9th issue of Neurology. The authors added that lycopene, an antioxidant in tomatoes, appears to have the stroke-prevention benefits.
A new Mayo Clinic study confirms the use of smartphones medical images to evaluate patients in remote locations through telemedicine. The study, the first to test the effectiveness of smartphone teleradiology applications in a real-world telestroke network, was recently published in Stroke, a journal of the American Heart Association.
Home delivery of stroke rehabilitation improves care, eliminates waiting lists for treatment and saves hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in hospital costs, according to a quality improvement project presented at the Canadian Stroke Congress.
Medical residents training to work in the emergency department need more formal stroke training, says a study presented at the Canadian Stroke Congress, noting that, as the first point of contact in stroke care, they see nearly 100 per cent of stroke patients taken to hospital.
A new anticoagulant called apixaban is superior to warfarin in preventing stroke with consistent effects across a wide range of stroke and bleeding risk in patients with atrial fibrillation, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers.
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