stroke

Patients are failing to recover properly from a stroke or heart attack because the NHS offers too little rehabilitation for people discharged from hospitals, a report has warned. “Patchy provision” means those with arthritis, multiple sclerosis and other long-term conditions also miss out on...

Even light-to-moderate drinking increases blood pressure and the chances of having a stroke, according to a large genetic study in The Lancet, countering previous claims that one or two drinks a day could be protective. The UK and Chinese researchers followed 500,000 Chinese people for 10...

A “game-changing” new treatment that restores blood flow to the brain after a stroke has been approved by the NHS. Around 8,000 patients a year are set to benefit from the revolutionary procedure, called a mechanical thrombectomy, when it is rolled out to specialist clinics across the country...

(Warning: has a picture of a big spider! :o) A protein in spider venom may help protect the brain from injury after a stroke, according to research. Scientists found a single dose of the protein Hi1a worked on lab rats. They said it showed "great promise as a future stroke treatment" but had...

Strokestra, a partnership between the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a Hull stroke unit, showed me how important occupational therapy is. I’ve been working as an occupational therapist with stroke patients for the past three years. It’s a privilege to be let into people’s lives and to get to...

A 93-year-old war veteran and his elderly wife face being separated for the first time in 65 years because of NHS red tape. John Smith and his 87-year-old wife Marjorie, who both have dementia, have been living together in Ravenswing Manor Care Home in Blackburn for the past two years. But...

Medical scientists just vetted a potentially powerful new tool for helping prevent stroke and heart attack. In a study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers show that a drug reduced the risk of stroke or heart attack by almost a quarter in patients who had...

Stroke patients are more likely to regain their cognitive functions if they speak more than one language, new research has found. A study of 600 stroke victims found 40.5% who were multilingual had normal mental functions afterwards, compared to 19.6% who only speak one language. The Edinburgh...