Sep 9, 2016
On the morning of 9th September 2016, the President of SAFE, Jon Barrick made an appearance on Serbian national TV as the main guest of the Morning show. The topics discussed were all related to stroke, its prevention, treatment and rehabilitation across Europe, as well as the role of stroke support organisations in this matter.
You can watch the video clip here. Since it is in Serbian language, please read below the translated transcript of the conversation between Jon Barrick and the host of the Morning show.
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Sep 5, 2016
The new oral anticoagulants provide the same stroke prevention as warfarin but cause less intracranial bleeding, reports an observational study in more than 43,000 patients presented at ESC Congress 2016 by Dr Laila Staerk, a research fellow at Herlev and Gentofte University Hospital, Denmark.
“Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac rhythm disorder and currently affects more than 10 million Europeans,” said Dr Staerk. (more…)
Sep 2, 2016
The phrase “it looks so good you can almost taste it” may actually be scientifically proven based on the findings of a new study by Stony Brook University researchers that explored how the brain processes stimuli predicting taste. They discovered that the gustatory cortex, the part of the brain that mediates the conscious perception of taste, relies on all the senses to anticipate taste. (more…)
Aug 31, 2016
The World Stroke Organisation (WSO) Board election 2016 is now closed. Stroke Alliance for Europe is proud to share the information that the president of our organisation Jon Barrick is among newly elected WSO Board members.
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Aug 29, 2016
“FASTER — Face, Arm, Speech, Time, Eyes, React — may be a better acronym for the public campaign,” said Prof. Ashok Handa, senior author of the British Journal of Surgery study.
The study included 150 patients with a confirmed transient ischaemic attack or minor stroke who presented to a clinic in England during a 5-month interval in 2014. Overall 92 (61.3 per cent) of the patients had a delay in presenting to medical services. (more…)
