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Uninsured heart attack, stroke patients face ‘catastrophic’ costs
Heart attack and stroke patients without medical insurance face "devastating" health care costs that can bankrupt them, research from UT Southwestern and other centers shows. "Many patients with large medical bills may have had to declare bankruptcy, sell their home,...
SAFE member organisations and World Stroke Day 2017
SAFE member organisations did tremendous work around World Stroke Day 2017 SAFE members wholeheartedly supported the “What’s your reason?” campaign, taking into account their specific capacities, through use of texts, visuals and other material produced by WSO for...
Content Writer, Joe Korner, tells us why he’s passionate about SSOFT project
Having worked for the Stroke Association in the UK for ten years, I had a pretty good understanding of the differences in stroke care across Europe. But it wasn’t until I starting editing SAFE’s Burden of Stroke report earlier this year, that the stark inequalities...
Follow-up cholesterol testing reduces risk of reocurrence for heart attack, stroke patients
If you have a heart attack or stroke, it's important to get your "bad" cholesterol measured by your doctor on a follow up visit. Researchers have found that one step is significantly associated with a reduced risk of suffering another serious cardiovascular episode....
Heart attack and stroke patients prescribed statin medication upon discharge have better outcomes
Patients with a prior history of heart attacks or stroke have better outcomes when cholesterol-lowering medications are used after they're discharged from the hospital, according to a new study from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City....
Stroke Action Plan for Europe
