Stroke

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National Clinical Guideline for Stroke

05 June 2016

This guideline is the most comprehensive and up to date document on how stroke care should be provided covering the whole pathway from pre-hospital care to long-term management.

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Stroke Association Project Grant Award 2019-20 open for applications

11 November 2019

The Stroke Association is inviting applications for its Project Grant Awards 2019-20.

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Stroke Association UK Lectureship Awards open for applications

20 June 2019

The Stroke Association are inviting applications for their UK Lectureship Awards in the field of stroke.

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‘How low to go?’ Top transatlantic research journals debate antihypertensive treatment

21 May 2018

It is widely recognised that raised blood pressure is probably the single most important treatable risk factor for cardiovascular disease in later life. The evidence that older people can benefit from antihypertensive drugs has accumulated with a succession of randomised controlled trials over the past 35 years. These trials have shown reduced risk of stroke and myocardial infarction, as well as decreased total mortality.

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Rising numbers of strokes could present significant societal challenges

10 March 2020

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What Goes In Affects What Comes Out – How Frailty Affects Outcomes in Ischaemic Stroke

05 March 2020

Geriatricians play a key role in Stroke Medicine. Alongside neurologists and rehabilitation physicians, geriatricians bring a vital skill to the management of stroke; an understanding of frailty.

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