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New oral anticoagulants, stroke and arrhythmia: Life or Death
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...
Brain perceives taste with all senses, scientific evidence reveals
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...
World Stroke Organisation elected new Board members
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.
And now FASTER: Face, Arm, Speech, Time, Eyes, React
"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...
Hope for reversing stroke-induced long-term disability
A new hope for reversing stroke-induced long-term disability emerges thanks to the novel approach in a USC-led study. A human protein combined with stem cell therapy has been found to repair stroke damage to the brain, according to a new USC-led study on mice...