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A Card Game Could Do
the Trick for Stroke Rehab
40%
The improvement in motor function experienced by stroke patients after 4 weeks of
rehabilitation therapy involving simple recreational activities such as playing card or
dominoes, according to recent findings published in Lancet Neurology. Virtual reality
has become an emerging strategy to enhance motor skills in stroke rehabilitation, but
these findings show that inexpensive activities may be just as useful.
Source: St. Michael’s Hospital. News release. June 27, 2016.
Diabetes Increases
Death Risk
After MI
AFib Treatment
Often Against
Guidelines
1/3
The amount of patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) with an intermediate-to-high risk
of stroke who are prescribed aspirin instead of oral anticoagulants, despite guidelines
recommending the use of oral anticoagulants for this group of patients.
The increased risk of dying from a heart attack in
patients with diabetes. Patients with diabetes were
56% more likely to die if they had experienced an
ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), while
they were 39% more likely to die after non-STEMI.
Source: American College of Cardiology. Press release. June 20, 2016.
Source: University of Leeds. News release. June 22, 2016.
Doctors See CVD
as a “Man’s Disease”
37%
The reduced frequency in which general practitioners assessed the risk
of cardiovascular disease in female patients. This is due to the fact that
information on smoking, blood glucose and cholesterol are reported
less often in the files of female patients. These gender differences in risk
assessment were less substantial when patients were seen by a female
physician than a male physician. The findings were published in the
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
Source: European Society of Cardiology. News release. June 21, 2016.
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CardioSource WorldNews: Interventions
July/August 2016