Category Archives: stroke

What’s life like for stroke survivors?

September 15, 2011   Carers, stroke
Stroke is the third biggest killer and the leading cause of adult disability in the UK affecting around 150,000 people every year
Published on Thursday 15 September 2011 05:07
For the first time in the UK the Stroke Association will attempt to find out what life is like for Britain’s stroke survivors.

 In the biggest survey of its kind the Stroke Association is calling on all stroke survivors across the East of England to take part.

The Daily Life Survey was launched yesterday, Wednesday, and will run until December 1.

Stroke is the third biggest killer and the leading cause of adult disability in the UK affecting around 150,000 people every year. There are around 1.1 million people in the UK who have suffered a stroke.

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A carer from Dorset is concerned about the cuts to services

August 23, 2011   Carers, stroke, ukcuts

Portland carer calls for security over Dorset day services

11:00am Tuesday 23rd August 2011

 
Jo, left with husband Busty Pearce

 

A Portland carer is calling for ‘long-term security’ to come from a three-month consultation on the future of day services in Dorset.

Day centres could close in a move by Dorset County Council to save £600,000.

Three options for the service have been put forward:

• Reduce available services, either by closing or merging some day centres or reducing hours or service options.

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Cells ‘resistant to stroke damage’

August 19, 2011   Carers, stroke
 Researchers hope the findings could lead to new ways of treating the third largest killer in the UK, which can restrict the ability to move or speak for those who survive a stroke.

Source : Press Association
Published on 18 August 2011 12:00 PM

 

Scientists have identified nerve cells in people’s brains that do not get damaged during a stroke and believe they could hold the key to protecting other cells that are starved of oxygen in such an event.

Researchers at the University of Bristol found that some nerve cells in the brain are immune to damage following the drop in blood supply and nutrients that occurs during a stroke when blood vessels in the head rupture.

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