
Contents
- 1 Critical differences in clots that cause a stroke
- 2 Attention network plays key role in restoring vision after brain damage
- 3 Stroke doubles dementia risk, concludes large-scale study
- 4 ‘Good cholesterol’ may not always be good
- 5 Four out of 10 patients with atrial fibrillation have unknown brain damage
Critical differences in clots that cause a stroke
The original article was first published on ScienceDaily.com There are two main treatments for stroke caused by a clot in a blood vessel in the brain. One treatment, mechanical thrombectomy, involves pulling the clot out with a specialized catheter that is inserted...

Attention network plays key role in restoring vision after brain damage
The original article first published on ScienceDaily.com About one third of patients who have suffered a stroke end up with low vision, losing up to half of their visual field. This partial blindness was long considered irreversible, but recent studies have shown that...

Stroke doubles dementia risk, concludes large-scale study
The original article published at ScienceDaily.com People who have had a stroke are around twice as likely to develop dementia, according to the largest study of its kind ever conducted. The University of Exeter Medical School led the study which analysed data on...

‘Good cholesterol’ may not always be good
Published on ScienceDaily.com Postmenopausal factors may have an impact on the heart-protective qualities of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) -- also known as 'good cholesterol' -- according to a study led by researchers in the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School...

Four out of 10 patients with atrial fibrillation have unknown brain damage
Published on ScienceDaily.com Four out of ten patients with atrial fibrillation but no history of stroke or transient ischaemic attack have previously unknown brain damage, according to the first results of the Swiss Atrial Fibrillation Cohort Study (Swiss-AF)...