stroke

A study has found that a six-week acupuncture treatment significantly improved language function, quality of life, and neurological impairment in people with speech difficulties following a stroke. With the improvements still seen after six months, acupuncture may be a safe and effective adjunctive therapy to help stroke patients regain their voice.During the acute phase following a stroke, around one-third of survivors experience post-stroke motor aphasia, the inability to speak or to organize the muscular movements of…

Researchers have discovered a potential stroke recovery therapy that can restore brain function in mice after a stroke. This therapy, involving inhibitors of the metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR5, has shown to improve sensorimotor functions even when administered days after a stroke. The study suggests that combined with rehabilitation training, this treatment could offer a new approach to stroke recovery. However, further research, including human trials, is necessary.Researchers have successfully revived brain…

Cori Broadus, the 24-year-old daughter of rapper Snoop Dogg, revealed that she had a stroke Thursday.“I had a severe stroke this am,” Broadus wrote in an Instagram Story. “I started breaking down crying when they told me.” In a subsequent story, she added: “Like I’m only 24 what did I do in my past to deserve all of this.” Broadus, the youngest of the famed rapper’s four children, did not reveal what her doctors told her about the cause of the stroke. According to the Mayo Clinic, there are two types of strokes: ischemic…

An effective drug to stop potentially fatal cell damage in heart attack and ischemic stroke is one step closer to reality, after the K’gari funnel-web spider venom molecule Hi1a met critical benchmarks on its road to human trials.In preclinical tests on a rodent model designed to mimic real-world treatment scenarios, Hi1a was able to protect cells from damage when administered throughout the stages of a heart attack.This builds on an enduring body of work from Associate Professor Nathan Palpant and Professor Glenn King,…

People with one of the type A blood groups are more likely to have a stroke before the age of 60 compared with people with other blood types, research shows.Blood types describe the rich variety of chemicals displayed on the surface of our red blood cells. Among the most familiar are those named A and B, which can be present together as AB, individually as A or B, or not present at all, as O.Even within these major blood types, there are subtle variations arising from mutations in the genes responsible.In a study…

…

Before his death in 2015, Terry Pratchett left instructions that his hard drive should be flattened by a steamroller, thereby ensuring that no incomplete projects, or any work he deemed not for public consumption, could be published posthumously. The 20 stories that make up A Stroke of the Pen, written by Pratchett under the pen name Patrick Kearns in the 70s and 80s and published in the Western Daily Press, escaped destruction since no one, least of all their author, knew where to find them. But now they’ve been dug out…

Home Alone has brought many of us joy for the holiday season, but some of its cast haven’t had it easy since the movies were released.Home Alone 2: Lost In New York’s actor, Tim Curry, worked as hard in real life as he did in the movie we so enjoyed, as he was left wheelchair-bound after a life-changing event.Those who have been watching the Home Alone series every year around Christmas time will undoubtedly remember Tim’s iconic role as Mr. Hector, New York’s Plaza Hotel resident concierge.In the movie, Mr. Hector was…

New research has revealed that aged red blood cells interacting with brain capillaries can cause cerebral microbleeds, a finding that upends the traditional belief that these hemorrhages only result from blood vessel injury. This breakthrough offers new avenues for understanding and treating conditions related to aging and brain health.The discovery improves our understanding of cerebral microbleeds and may offer new therapeutic targets.A groundbreaking study conducted by the University of California, Irvine has uncovered…

Wozniak pictured at an event in 2017.Photo: Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto (Getty Images)Apple’s cofounder Steve Wozniak, Woz, is “back home and feeling good” after he was hospitalized for a minor stroke in Mexico City Wednesday, according to an interview he gave with The New York Times Thursday. The 73-year-old technology legend, who was in Mexico to speak at the World Business Forum, was admitted to ABC Hospital in the city, originally reported by local news outlet Reforma.The M3 MacBook Pro: Made Dark for HalloweenThe…