Anti-epilepsy drug preserves brain function after stroke
February 4, 2015
New approach stops nerve activity instead of breaking up clots.
Aerosol travels nerve from nose to brain to treat stroke in mice
December 17, 2009
UT Health Science Center San Antonio researchers, working in a mouse model of stroke, are delivering neuroprotective drugs to the brain by spraying them onto the lining of a nerve in the nose.
Stroke survivor extols Lions Low Vision Center at Health Science Center
June 6, 2006
Richard Harris says losing your vision is “very scary, not something anyone plans on,” and he should know.
Report: Health Science Center-led studies prevent 15,000 strokes a year
May 9, 2006
The Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation (SPAF) Trials, a series of nationwide studies conceived at and led by the Health Science Center, prompted treatment changes that are preventing nearly 15,000 strokes a year in the U.S. and will save the country more than $1.2 billion in health care costs over a decade, according to a report published April 22 in the British medical journal The Lancet.
Good fitness before a stroke could reduce brain damage
March 28, 2006
Here’s reason No. 101 to do those jumping jacks in the morning: The brain housed in a well-conditioned body is far more able to respond to the challenge of a stroke than the brain housed in an out-of-shape body, new research out of the Health Science Center suggests.
First stroke study of its kind expands to Mexico, Europe and South America
July 12, 2005
Researchers at the Health Science Center are another step closer to ending stroke for those most at risk.