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Stroke - RESTART
The BHF funded the RESTART trial to find out if antiplatelet drugs should be restarted after a haemorrhagic stroke.
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Exercising with limitations after a stroke: Phil’s story
Stroke survivor, Phill Collis, shares some simple tips on adapting exercise after a stroke.
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Should patients restart antiplatelet drugs after a haemorrhagic stroke?University of Edinburgh | Professor Rustam Al-Shahi Salman
More than one third of the adults with a stroke due to bleeding into the brain – known as brain haemorrhage – are taking drugs to prevent clotting when they have a brain haemorrhage. These patients have previously suffered illnesses like an...
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Can glyceryl trinitrate improve outcomes after a stroke?University of Nottingham | Professor Philip Bath
High blood pressure is common in people who have a stroke because of a blood clot or a bleed – called ischaemic or haemorrhagic stroke – and people are more likely to die or become disabled because of it. So far trials to lower blood pressu...
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Diabetes linked to worse cognitive function after stroke
A new study suggests that people with Type 2 diabetes may have worse cognitive function three to six months after a stroke than those with normal fasting blood sugar levels.
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“I got back to work after a stroke and heart failure”
Find out how James Hall got back to the job he loves after he had a stroke and became partially sighted overnight.
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Hope for first treatment for strokes linked to dementia
Two cheap and common drugs could be re-purposed as the first specific treatment for people who experience a type of stroke linked to nearly half of all dementias, according to the results of a clinical trial we have funded presented at the American Heart Association International Stroke Conference.
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A clinical trial to improve the treatment of people who have a stroke in their sleepUniversity of Leicester | Professor Thompson Robinson
Most strokes are caused by a blood clot in an artery that feeds the brain – called ischaemic stroke. People who have an ischaemic stroke will usually be given clot-busting medicine to restore blood flow to the brain. If this is done within...
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Halting inflammation after a heart attack to prevent heart failureUniversity of Leeds | Dr Azhar Maqbool
After a heart attack, inflammation plays an important role in the healing and repair process that follows. However, long term inflammation can lead to changes in the way the heart is structured, a process called cardiac remodelling, which...
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Can a healthy diet reduce your dementia risk?
Research suggests there’s a diet that may help to prevent dementia. Our Senior Dietitian Victoria Taylor explains.