For the first time, researchers have mapped the rate at which stroke risks rise in younger patients who have atrial fibrillation but who didn’t need treatment when they were diagnosed. The research provides important information that could help doctors follow up these patients appropriately. Atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition, is a strong risk factor […]
Research Alert: Life after stroke – what do people need and what’s the role of primary care?
Developing primary care services for stroke survivors: learning from The Improving Primary Care After Stroke (IPCAS) research programme As stroke survival improves, longer term care becomes increasingly important. But the long term needs of stroke survivors and their carers are not well addressed by current healthcare services. Stroke research and development has mostly focused on […]
Research to test screening for common heart condition will involve 12,600 people in four regions of England
12,600 people will help test screening for a common heart condition which is known to be a trigger for strokes. A large new programme of health research on screening for undiagnosed atrial fibrillation, the heart condition responsible for one in ten strokes, is starting here in East Anglia, the North West, the East Midlands and […]
Patients give award to PCU visitor Dr Rune Aakvik Pedersen for his research on the follow-up of stroke survivors
Phd-candidate and physician Rune Aakvik Pedersen at the Primary Care Unit in Trondheim – currently visiting the PCU – has received the Research Award at the Helse Midt-Norge Research Conference in Kristiansund, Norway. Congratulations Rune, on your research award from the Patients Committee at the Helse Midt-Norge (Mid-Norway Hospital administration). Can you tell us a […]
NIHR awards £3m for new research to investigate screening to prevent one in ten strokes
A collaboration of several universities led by Cambridge has won a £3m funding award from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to lead a new programme of research investigating screening to detect undiagnosed atrial fibrillation, a heart condition responsible for one in ten strokes. The research will include the largest ever randomised controlled trial […]
One in ten stroke survivors need more help with taking medication
Over a half of stroke patients require a degree of help with taking medicine and a sizeable minority say they do not receive as much assistance as they need, according a study published today in the journal BMJ Open. Because of the risk of a second stroke, it’s important that stroke survivors take their medication, […]