Neuroscience
"Andrew Marr, After The Stroke"
Andrew Marr, after the stroke: 'I'm going to be sweeter all round'The TV presenter suffered a severe stroke after a strenuous workout in January. On the eve of his return to our screens he talks of his fight back to healthRobert McCrum
The ObserverSaturday 3 August 2013
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Vs Ramachandran
From The Observer VS Ramachandran: The Marco Polo of neuroscience Among his contemporaries he's a pioneer who, by using real mirrors and looking at mirror neurons, is changing the way we think about thinking Andrew Anthony The Observer Sunday, 30...
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Clinical Trials: Pradaxa (dabigatran Etexilate) And Stroke Prevention
From today's Guardian: Major drug trial highlights a new approach in stroke prevention The success of Pradaxa in a 44-country trial indicates a possible end to the use of the rat poison warfarin as a primary treatment to prevent stroke Press Association...
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Transient Ischemic Attack (tia)
From the BBC:Test 'identifies new stroke risk' Doctors have developed a simple checklist to show if patients who have had a mini-stroke are at immediate risk of a more serious attack. The Oxford University team, writing in the Lancet, said it...
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Abstract Of The Day: Stroke And Cognition
VK Srikanth et al. Progressive dementia after first-ever stroke: A community-based follow-up study. Neurology 2004; 63:785-792.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Prof. Geoffrey A. Donnan, Director, National Stroke Research Institute, Neurosciences...
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Hup Becomes First Hospital In Philadelphia To Earn Joint Commission And Aha/asa Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center Status
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) has been recognized by The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) as meeting The Joint Commission’s standards for Disease-Specific Care Comprehensive...
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