Tag: Strokes

London: Playing video games may help stroke patients to improve their attention deficit disorders and movement control problems, claimed a new study. After a stroke, also called cerebral infarction, injuries in areas that control attention also cause mobility problems. The study has opened the door to a new therapeutic pathway that consists of complementing the […]

San Francisco: Apple Watch can detect and notify users when they experience irregular heart rhythms, finds a study demonstrating the ability of wearable technology to detect atrial fibrillation. In 2017, Apple had partnered with researchers from the Stanford University and launched an app called “Apple Heart Study” to determine whether a mobile app that uses […]

London: Researchers including an Indian-origin scientist in a new study have found that weight-loss surgery is linked to significantly fewer heart attacks and strokes. The study, published in the European Heart Journal, found there were 60 per cent fewer fatal and non-fatal heart attacks and stroke among 3,701 men and women who received bariatric surgery […]

New York: Parents, read this carefully. Children who experience trauma, abuse, neglect and family dysfunction are at increased risk of having heart disease in their 50s and 60s, warn researchers. Published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, the study showed people exposed to the highest levels of childhood family environment adversity were more […]