LearningRx1 Stroke | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 7

Shingles shown to be a risk factor for stroke and TIA

Feb 19, 2014 by

People under 40 who had shingles were 74%  more likely to have a stroke than those who had never had it. This increased risk was independent of things like smoking, obesity and high cholesterol....

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Using MEG to help patients control their brain function

Feb 1, 2014 by

A new brain-imaging technique that uses magnetoencephalography (MEG) can help patients with epilepsy (and possibly stroke, depression and dementia) to control their brain function by watching it on a monitor....

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Virtual reality training helps brain after stroke

Jan 27, 2014 by

Xbox 360 is helping stroke victims with lower limb dysfunctions. Its Kinect-based virtual reality system lets users control and interact with the game without needing to touch or hold a game controller....

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Stroke patients lose 3 of every 5 quality years of life

Nov 3, 2013 by

Long-term research has found that people who have had a stroke lose 60 percent of quality years....

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Vitamin B may stave off stroke

Oct 24, 2013 by

New research of data collected from 54,913 participants indicates that Vitamin B may be beneficial in reducing the risk of stroke by 7 percent. The researchers also found that folic acid appears to decrease the effect of the Vitamin...

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The Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of genetic stroke

Sep 30, 2013 by

The Mediterranean diet appears to interact with a gene variant that’s normally associated with type 2 diabetes. Five years of research found that even people who had two copies of the gene variant had a reduced number of strokes...

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