April 3, 2020

Could Stroke Drug Help COVID-19 Patients Avoid Ventilators?

THURSDAY, March 26, 2020 -- For people very sick with COVID-19, access to a mechanical ventilator can mean life or death. Trouble is, they're in short supply in the United Sates and around the world.

Now, research suggests that a widely used clot-busting stroke drug might help COVID-19 patients who can't access a ventilator or who fail to improve even when they do gain access.

March 30, 2020

Mealtime Choices Could Affect Your Odds for Stroke

MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2020 -- Want to avoid a stroke? Reach for fruits and veggies, new research suggests.

The new European study of more than 418,000 people found that what you eat can influence your risk for different types of stroke.

March 30, 2020

When 'Time Is Brain,' Mobile Stroke Units Speed Care

FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2020 -- Ambulances outfitted as "mobile stroke treatment units" provide faster treatment and reduce patients' risk of severe disability and death, German researchers report.

The new study examined the use of three mobile stroke units in Berlin. Each unit is staffed with emergency medicine neurologists and has a CT scanner and lab on board that enables treatment at the scene.

March 9, 2020

In a First, Doctors Use Robotics to Treat Brain Aneurysm

FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2020 -- Canadian doctors who conducted the first robotic surgery to treat a brain aneurysm say the approach could boost the availability and precision of lifesaving stroke care.

Use of the technology could also be a first step toward remote robotic surgery for stroke and other conditions affecting brain blood vessels.

March 9, 2020

Brain Stent Could Cut Odds for a Second Stroke

THURSDAY, Feb. 20, 2020 -- For decades, artery-opening stents have helped prevent heart attacks, and new research suggests they might also help prevent strokes in the brain.

In a new study, the self-expanding, intracranial Wingspan brain stent seems effective over the long term in reducing stroke patients' risk of a subsequent stroke and death.

March 9, 2020

Only 1 in 5 Have Fast Access to State-of-the-Art Stroke Care

FRIDAY, March 6, 2020 -- Too few Americans have quick access to a medical center that can perform a procedure to remove stroke-causing blood clots, new research shows.

For the study, researchers examined nationwide availability of endovascular thrombectomy -- removal of a blood clot with a mechanical device that's threaded through an artery.