#60: Stroke-Struck, Installment #6 [27:12m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (557)

Medical and surgical advances for neurovascular disorders. This is the second of three shows covering AHA’s International Stroke Meeting.

Publication Date: Mar 9th, 2007.

1. Tight glycemic control - does it help in acute stroke patients? Even in medicine, we make assumptions about what we think may result in best outcomes for our patients (like stabilizing glucose in stroke patients), but the research can prove us wrong!

2. Get with the guidelines: Diabetes is poorly addressed in acute stroke patients. Significant numbers of stroke patients with diabetes leave the hospital after a stroke without treatment plans that meet evidence-based guidelines.

3. Aspirin may be helpful for more than just pain, fever and thinning the blood. Even at low doses, it appears to prevent age-related declines in gray and white matter integrity.

4. And last but not least, the spirit of Seuss speaks: Call it the ‘bro,’ but into the dustbin, the boy-bras now go!

Links: Brain Awareness Week is coming up: Mar 12th to Mar 18th. It is an international program of public events to celebrate the brain. The campaign unites essentially 2000 partner organizations, including universities, medical and research organizations, patient advocacy groups, schools, government agencies, service groups, and professional organizations in 66 countries - all communicating the progress of brain research. For more information, go to www.dana.org.