Background: Mobile health (mHealth) offers significant benefits for patients with stroke, facilitating remote monitoring and personalized health care solutions beyond traditional settings. However, there is a dearth of comprehensive data, particularly qualitative insights, on…
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Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) has announced plans to trial a pre-hospital video triage scheme which will enable rapid assessment of stroke patients.
The six-month trial, which is due to launch on 2…
Introduction
In the ever-evolving landscape of medical imaging, computed tomography (CT) stands out as a cornerstone technology. Since its inception, CT has revolutionized diagnostic capabilities, offering detailed cross-sectional images of the human body. Over the…
Over the past decades, the medical community has made fantastic leaps in innovation and medicine that have improved survival rates and quality of life for patients dealing with cancer, kidney disease, heart disease, and…
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A computer-based therapy can potentially help stroke survivors recover some movements in their hands. A new study in South Australia assessed the effectiveness of a brain-computer interface (BCI) system in decreasing post-stroke arm and hand weakness.
FINDINGS
The study recruited 12…
A ‘Life after stroke’ Pathway has been launched by health charity Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, NHS Lothian and Pogo Digital Healthcare, to improve care for stroke survivors.
The pathway, which launched in the stroke…
What You Should Know:
– Early detection and treatment of post-stroke spasticity (PSS) are essential for improving a patient’s ability to function and overall quality of life after a stroke.
– To address this need, AbbVie…
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Automatic assessment of impairment and disease severity is a key challenge in data-driven medicine. We propose a framework to address this challenge, which leverages AI models trained exclusively on healthy individuals. The COnfidence-Based chaRacterization…
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Biomedical engineers at RMIT University have built a smartphone feature that paramedics can use to immediately screen patients for stroke.In partnership with Brazil’s São Paulo State University, RMIT University researchers developed an AI-powered tool…
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