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email article Evidence that mobile stroke units (MSUs) could provide better care than standard management by EMS was extended to seven U.S. metropolitan areas in the BEST-MSU study, providing greater impetus to examine their cost-effectiveness in justifying a path to reimbursement. Stroke patients transported in MSUs suffered significantly less disability measured on a utility-weighted modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at 90 days, the weighting reflecting low patient preference for disability r...

 E-Mail DALLAS, March 11, 2021 -- Stroke patients were nearly 50% more likely than heart attack patients to develop depression, and female stroke patients had a higher risk of depression than their male counterparts, according to two preliminary studies by the same research group to be presented at the American Stroke Associations International Stroke Conference 2021. The virtual meeting is March 17-19, 2021 and is a world premier meeting for researchers and clinicians dedicated to the science...

 E-Mail DALLAS, March 11, 2021 -- African American women have a significantly increased risk of stroke and death during pregnancy and childbirth or in the period right after birth, compared to the risk of stroke among white women, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Associations International Stroke Conference 2021. The virtual meeting is March 17-19, 2021 and is a world premier meeting for researchers and clinicians dedicated to the science of stroke and b...

 E-Mail DALLAS, March 11, 2021 -- Black and Hispanic women ages 65-74 years old hospitalized with stroke had more severe strokes than their white counterparts, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference 2021. The virtual meeting is March 17-19, 2021 and is a world premier meeting for researchers and clinicians dedicated to the science of stroke and brain health. According to the American Heart Association, Black women ha...

 E-Mail DALLAS, March 11, 2021-- Stroke survivors may be more likely to attempt or die by suicide than people who have not had a stroke, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Associations International Stroke Conference 2021. The virtual meeting is March 17-19, 2021 and is a world premier meeting for researchers and clinicians dedicated to the science of stroke and brain health. This study will be simultaneously published in the American Heart Associations jo...

 E-Mail DALLAS, March 11, 2021 -- When NA1, a neuroprotectant, was delivered to the brain in nanoparticles, it reduced stroke severity and improved survival in a mouse model of stroke, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Associations International Stroke Conference 2021. The virtual meeting is March 17-19, 2021 and is a world premier meeting for researchers and clinicians dedicated to the science of stroke and brain health. In an earlier human trial (the ES...

Student Scholarships in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Student Scholarships in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Application Window: January 25–April 2, 2021 (11 p.m. CT) Applicants will be notified of funding by June 1 via email. The scientific councils of the American Heart Association (AHA) want to stimulate interest, knowledge and investigative work in students in medicine, nursing, public health, nutrition and other allied health disciplines. AHA Student Scholarsh...

A study came out this week with new research unveiled the international stroke conference and found that people who drink diet sodas every day even one, have a 61% higher risk of stroke and heart attack, and, there are many scientists not involved with the study who are heavyicod with the study, who say there is link. can we have the diet soda or not. >> i must tell you im not convinced by the study. the mechanism by which it was done or convinced by the conclusions and i find it very -- they do...