Eyesight hope for stroke victims
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Scientists in Aberdeen say a breakthrough could help improve the vision of thousands of stroke victims.
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Fast walking exercises during rehabilitation help stroke survivors improve their mobility, says a small study in the current issue of Stroke.
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Doctors have used thin sheets of cheek tissue to restore vision in people with damaged corneas.
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Adding functional electrical stimulation (FES) to standard rehabilitation improves lower extremity function and walking ability in patients with a first acute stroke, new research shows.
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NEW YORK  - A person's level of vitamin C may predict his or her likelihood of having a stroke, according to a long-term study of some 20,000 middle-aged and older residents of Norfolk, United Kingdom.
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Researchers have created an electronic contact lens that could be used as a display or a medical sensor.
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In a study to be published Nov. 18 in The New England Journal of Medicine, Stroke Team doctors at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston say they may have discovered a new tool to use in the treatment of strokes.
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SAN FRANCISCO - A long-term research project taking place in the Stroke Belt shows that fewer than half of the people who experience symptoms of a stroke actually seek medical attention.
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NEW YORK  - After having a stroke, people  with lower incomes and blue-collar jobs seem to be more likely  to die in the next year or two than those with higher incomes  and white-collar jobs -- regardless of the severity of the  stroke -- according to a new study.
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A new robotic device is designed to help stroke patients regain motion in their arms
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Macular degeneration is proving to be a field with eye-popping potential.
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An "electronic eye" that can be fitted  to a pair of glasses could help the blind cross roads more  safely, scientists said on Friday.
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A retinal implant that could help restore the sight of millions of blind people could be available in two years.
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By Carrie Peyton Dahlberg, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 9--Geerat Vermeij pulls one shell, then another, from a nest of plastic boxes, rarely pausing to check the Braille labels curled beside them. His long fingers dart into each shell's opening.
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NEW YORK  - Older men and women with cataracts or age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) are at increased risk for suffering an early death, relative to older people without these two types of visual impairment, a study hints.
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It's a tiny vacuum cleaner for the brain: A new treatment for stroke victims promises to suction out clogged arteries in hopes of stopping the brain attack before it does permanent harm
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By Stacy Shelton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  Sep. 15--Clare Hindman's family thought she'd had a stroke. When she  spoke at a community meeting in a church, a friend thought she'd been  drinking.