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The presence of type 2 diabetes was a significant risk factor for cognitive impairment following stroke, but investigators identified no association between prediabetes and...
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Strokes Linked to COVID-19 Are More Severe, More Likely Embolic

16 hours ago | Medscape | 12 articles

A new study has found that the profile of ischemic strokes in COVID-19 patients is different from what is usually seen. Several other new studies show the pandemic has led to...
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Spirituality Increases Quality of Life Among Stroke Survivors

1 day ago | Medindia Health

Higher spirituality among stroke survivors was strongly linked to a better quality of life for them and their caregivers who may also feel depressed, say researchers.
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UZH researchers develop new X-ray contrast agent for high-resolution vascular imaging

1 day ago | News Medical | 2 articles

Various diseases in humans and animals - such as tumors, strokes or chronic kidney disease - damage the blood vessels. Capillaries, the smallest blood vessels in the body, are...
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Sleep Burden Index Predicts Recurrent Stroke

1 day ago | Medscape

The index, which considers several sleep disturbances, is superior to looking at isolated sleep issues in predicting subsequent cardio- and cerebrovascular events. Medscape...
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Asymptomatic Intracranial Stenosis: No Cause for Alarm

1 day ago | MedPageToday

]]> - Asymptomatic intracranial stenosis was common in older adults but appeared fairly benign in the context of intensive medical therapy after a minor stroke or transient...
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Stroke survivors, caregivers may benefit from spirituality

1 day ago | Healio

Spirituality improved quality of life for patients who survived stroke and for their caregivers who reported depressive symptoms, according to a study published in Circulation...
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Higher spirituality linked to better quality of life for stroke survivors and their caregivers

2 days ago | News Medical | 2 articles

Higher spirituality among stroke survivors was strongly linked to better quality of life for them and their caregivers who may also feel depressed, according to new research...
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Spirituality Tied to a Higher Quality of Life for Stroke Survivors, Caregivers

2 days ago | Medindia Health | 2 articles

Higher spirituality among stroke survivors is strongly linked to a better quality of life for them and their caregivers who may also feel depressed, reveals a new study.
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Prevent a Stroke by Knowing Your Risks: Study

3 days ago | Medindia Health

Modifying your stroke risk factor can prevent stroke altogether and most risk factors are entirely manageable in a primary care setting, reports a new study.
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Coronavirus UK: Contact tracing scheme launches TODAY

The UK's coronavirus contact tracing programme will finally launch at 9am, but Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitted it will rely on people doing their 'civic duty', and... Read more ...

Coronavirus antibody tests are wrong up to half of the time, the CDC warns

The Centers for Disease Control has updated its guidance on its website, warning that antibody tests for COVID-19 may be wrong up to half of the time in delivering a false... Read more ...

Coronavirus: 3D Printed Nasal Swabs Designed

COVID-19: Local 3D printed nasal swabs designed by researchers were found to solve supply chain problems. Read more ...

Top Features Of Fitness Apps To Get More Downloads In Uncertain Times

We are living in unprecedented times. As the world is faced with the effects of a pandemic, most of us are locked up in our homes as a precautionary measure. According to the... Read more ...

Not every recovered coronavirus patients develops enough 'neutralizing'...

In a new study from Rockefeller University, 79% of 149 recovered coronavirus patients who donated plasma had low levels of antibodies in their blood but 1% of 'elite donors'... Read more ...

Coronavirus UK: Confusion as firms asked to STOP home tests

Britain's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has 'asked' companies to stop providing at-home antibody tests after spotting them online. Read more ...

Coronavirus: Infected can see others after 10 symptom-free days

According to the CDC's new guidelines, people who were infected with the novel coronavirus can safely see other people if it's been 10 days since they first noticed symptoms. Read more ...

COVID-19 Virus Found in Stool May be Infectious

A new study has shown that COVID-19 virus isolated from the stool of a sick patient can infect cells in a petri dish - a step toward proving that this might be a new route of... Read more ...

Are U.S. states covering up coronavirus death data?

As states across the U.S. ramp up their reopenings, some are coming under fire for publishing misleading statistics or concealing information related to the Wuhan coronavirus... Read more ...

Boston Dynamics unveils robot dog that herds sheep, enforces social...

Just in time for the global enforcement of so-called “social distancing,” engineering and robotics firm Boston Dynamics has unveiled a new robot “dog” that it says can herd... Read more ...