Scientists used brain-computer interface technology to help stroke survivors use their minds to power “virtual reality hands” to help regain the use of their arms and hands “Virtual reality... Read more
Getting treatment ultra-fast – within 90 minutes of experiencing symptoms – greatly reduces the risk of suffering disability Study Highlights: Patients with mild-to-moderate strokes who rece... Read more
Photographing the retina may help detect which high blood pressure patients are more likely to have a stroke. In a study reported in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, rese... Read more
The most promising of them may literally be the key to controlling hypertension A team of University of California, San Diego researchers has designed new compounds that mimic those naturall... Read more
In one of the earliest experiments using a humanoid robot to deliver speech and physical therapy to a stroke patient, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst saw notable speec... Read more
86 percent success rate in opening the blocked brain blood vessel Specialists at Stony Brook Medicine’s Cerebrovascular and Stroke Center (CVC) are treating patients with a new generation of... Read more
“We found 50 percent of patients receiving the two highest doses still had positive effects one year after treatment” In the first human study of its kind, researchers activated heart... Read more
“The theory is that if you have a big heart attack, your doctor can just inject these three genes into the scar tissue during surgery and change it back into heart muscle.... Read more
“We also found no ill effects on long-term health from the procedure.” Directing short bursts of radio waves at nerves surrounding the kidneys lowered blood pressure for at lea... Read more
“Many of the patients are children who live with pacemakers for many years” An experimental device converted energy from a beating heart to provide enough electricity to power a pacemaker ,... Read more
A new Mayo Clinic study confirms the use of smartphones medical images to evaluate stroke patients in remote locations through telemedicine. The study, the first to test the effectiveness of... Read more
“It is like turning back the clock so these cells can thrive again.” Damaged and aged heart tissue of older heart failure patients was rejuvenated by stem cells modified by scientists... Read more
Image via Wikipedia A technique that combines nanotechnology with adult stem cells appears to destroy atherosclerotic plaque and rejuvenate the arteries, according to a study reported at the... Read more