08/03/2010 | Australian authors of a study on gender differences in stroke outcome have found little evidence of gender bias in stroke management.
18/02/2010 | Experimental data suggesting angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) may prevent against stroke has been strengthened after a study found pre-stroke treatment with ARBs may reduce severity and improve outcomes after stroke.
08/02/2010 | The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor escitalopram enhances cognitive recovery following stroke, research shows.
06/12/2009 | There are significant gaps in the quality of stroke care, including a lack of access to stroke units and underuse of thrombolysis, a clinical audit has found.
23/11/2009 | Stroke is often not suspected in children when they present to emergency departments – leading to diagnostic and management delays, Australian research shows.
09/11/2009 | The use of low-dose aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease should be abandoned, according to the BMJ's Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin.
09/11/2009 | Recovery after stroke does not appear to be related to stroke severity or number of previous strokes, Australian research finds.
26/10/2009 | Further analyses of data from the third European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study support the use of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator to treat stroke up to 4.5 hours after symptom onset.
26/10/2009 | The use of conventional cooling methods to induce therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest improves survival and limits neurologic impairment, a Cochrane review finds.
12/10/2009 | Changes in small retinal vessels in stroke patients with severe carotid disease indicate that both microvascular and macrovascular disease contribute to stroke risk, a joint Australian-Singaporean study has suggested.