“You have to be a fighter! Life after a stroke“ by Chantal Keller
For this year's World Stroke Day, on 29th October, Blëtz a.s.b.l, a stroke support organisation from Luxembourg organised a conference "I am no longer myself" - When the handicap is invisible - approach to stroke from the neuropsychology perspective. The event was...
Three days after a severe stroke, I left the hospital. Seven days later I was back to work
At a recently held event in EU Parliament, Geography matters: Inequalities in Access to Stroke Care and Innovation a stroke survivor from Belgium shared his story with the auditorium. He agreed to share it also here, so more people could see his testimony. "My name is...
New study examines full range of post-stroke visual impairments
A new University of Liverpool study, published today in Brain and Behaviour, examines the wide range of visual impairments developed by stroke survivors. Approximately 65% of acute stroke survivors have visual impairment which typically relates to impaired central or...
Ischemic stroke patients not receiving life-saving treatment, study finds
Ischemic stroke patients who do not receive intravelous (IV) alteplase, a clot-dissolving medication, are significantly less likely to survive, according to researchers at Georgia State University. Ischemic stroke is the most common type of stroke. It occurs when a...
Geography matters: Inequalities in Access to Stroke Care and Innovation
A debate on stroke is emerging in Brussels for the first time, thanks to the joint mobilisation of physicians’ association ESO and the patients’ association Stroke Alliance for Europe – SAFE over the past year. This mobilisation started off with a joint letter sent on...
