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[ad_1] A study published in the medical journal Nature on Monday found that targeted electrical pulses delivered to the spinal cord can help improve arm and hand movement after a stroke. Two patients were able to regain additional motion in their arm and hand through a device implanted at the base of the spine, which delivered pulses in areas responsible for hand and arm function. The patients were able to regain temporarily the ability to grab and move objects, when they had been previously unable to do so, by strengthening signals to the brain that enable movement. Figure A Nature Medicine "We're not bypassing their control. We're enhancing their capabilities to move their own arm," Marco Capogrosso, one of the researchers who worked alongside a team at Carnegie Mellon University, told the Associated Press.

[ad_1] Stroke, which is the second commonest cause of death in India, kills one person in India every 4 minutes, Prof. M. V. Padma Srivastava, a neurologist at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said. "About 1,85,000 strokes occur every year in India with nearly one stroke happening every 40 seconds," the Padma Shri recipient said at an event held at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. According to the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), India has 68.6 percent incidence of stroke, 70.9 percent stroke deaths, and 77.7 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost. These figures are alarming for India, particularly for people living in poor resource settings, Srivastava said. Further, the stroke burden is greater among younger and middle-aged people. The GBD analysis also showed that about 5.2 million (31 percent) strokes were in children aged less than 20 years. Also read: Depression Symptoms May Indicate Increased Risk Of Having A Stroke: Study Despite these a

[ad_1] Many individuals use medicine to control their hypertension, which is excessive blood pressure that can lead to a heart attack or stroke. This form of high blood pressure, known as apparent resistant hypertension (aRH), demands extra medication and medical care. Researchers at Cedars-Sinai's Smidt Heart Institute discovered that, while aRH prevalence was lower in a real-world sample than previously assumed, it was still very frequent, impacting roughly one in every ten hypertension patients.  The findings were published today in the peer-reviewed journal Hypertension. Researchers observed that those with well-controlled aRH were more likely to be treated with a common medicine known as mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, or MRA. "Apparent resistant hypertension is more common than many would anticipate," said Joseph Ebinger, MD, assistant professor of Cardiology in the Smidt Heart Institute and corresponding author of the study. "We also learned t

[ad_1] A stroke patient can be saved if those around them are aware of the symptoms and they act quickly. “One should be aware of red flags of stroke which are facial drooping, arm weakness and numbness, speech difficulty, confusion, trouble speaking or understanding speech, trouble seeing from one or both eyes, trouble walking and severe headache.” Dr. Sanjay Pandey, Head, Dept of Neurology, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad further adds, “People should remember this mnemonic: BE-FAST (stands for balance loss, eyesight changes, face drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulties, and time to call an ambulance)” [ad_2] Source link https://worldnews2023.com/life-style/brain-stroke-symptoms-why-cant-people-identify-brain-stroke-symptoms-the-times-of-india/?feed_id=23567&_unique_id=64a84e3cb35a1