Stress is a hardwired physical response to any situation the mind may deem overwhelming. The alarm system, often described as intense and unpleasant, has become a common complaint in the 21st century. The tipping point with stress arises when it…
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Insights into how a stroke affects reading could help with rehabilitation
Georgetown University researchers, looking at the ability of people to sound out words after a stroke, found that knowing which region of the brain was impacted by the stroke could have important implications for helping target rehabilitation efforts. The finding…
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FDA authorizes marketing of a new device for use in patients undergoing stroke rehabilitation
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized marketing of a new device indicated for use in patients 18 and older undergoing stroke rehabilitation to facilitate muscle re-education and for maintaining or increasing range of motion. The Neurolutions IpsiHand Upper…
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Tempus’ ECG Analysis Platform receives Breakthrough Device Designation
Tempus, a leader in artificial intelligence and precision medicine, today announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company Breakthrough Device Designation for its ECG Analysis Platform, developed in collaboration with Geisinger. The platform provides clinicians…
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What Happens When You Let Your Wife Review Five of Your Papers?
The pantheon of husband-wife teams in science includes Marie and Pierre Curie, Gerty and Carl Cori, even Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci, the founders of BioNTech, which collaborated with Pfizer on a Covid-19 vaccine. To that list we hesitatingly add…
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‘Healthy’ Plant-Based Diet Linked to Reduced Stroke Risk
Maintaining a healthy plant-based diet is associated with a lower risk for both total stroke and ischemic stroke, results from a study of three large cohorts suggest. A plant-based diet was not associated with risk for hemorrhagic stroke, however, and…
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Stroke risk highest among American Indian people, with or without atrial fibrillation
American Indian people with atrial fibrillation (AFib) had the highest risk of non-hemorrhagic stroke when compared with people in other racial and ethnic groups, and they also experienced the highest overall risk for stroke even without atrial fibrillation (AFib), according…
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New web-based tool predicts the risk of post-surgical complications
Heart attack, kidney failure, stroke. These are just a few of the life-threatening complications that patients are at risk for following surgery. Now Jefferson researchers have developed an easy-to-use, web-based tool that predicts the risk of post-surgical complications such as…
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Reverse BP Dipping Tied to Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease in Older Men
(Reuters Health) – Older men with higher systolic blood pressure at night than during the day have an increased risk of developing any dementia as well as Alzheimer’s disease in particular, a Swedish study suggests. Researchers examined data on about…
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The acceleration behind telehealth services
insights from industryChun-Kai ChangBusiness Development Manager of TelehealthAdvantech In this interview, Chun-Kai Chang , the Business Development Manager of Telehealth at Advantech, talks to News-Medical about the acceleration behind telehealth services. To begin, can you give us a brief introduction…
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