Gillingham man’s love of music helped him rebuild his life after a stroke left him unable to speak properly.
Music helped Graham stave off depression after his stroke
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Stroke charity welcomes honest appraisal of Scottish stroke services being held back by wider hospital systems failures
Stroke is one of the biggest killers in Scotland, and the leading cause of adult disability, but these figures show Scotland’s health boards are still struggling to provide pre-Covid levels of stroke care with catastrophic impact on stroke survivors and their families.
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Stroke Association warns of 51% increase in strokes over the next 10 years, costing half the current NHS budget
A combination of ageing population, lifestyle factors and insufficient action on stroke prevention is set to increase the number of strokes by 51% by 2035. In turn, the stroke survivor population will increase by 62% from 1.3 million to 2.1 million, nearly matching the current population of Slovenia.
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Stroke Association response to: Iatrogenic Alzheimer’s disease in recipients of cadaveric pituitary-derived growth hormone published in Nature Medicine
We’re proud to be working with Alzheimer’s Research UK and the NIHR to fund Dr Banerjee.
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Stroke Association response to Autumn Statement 2023
A costly missed opportunity.
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Over half of UK adults think strokes don’t affect young people – yet stroke is drastically impacting young adults’ lives
Over half (60%) of the UK population wrongly believe that strokes don't happen to young adults, according to new research revealed today by the Stroke Association. Despite 54% of UK adults knowing someone who has had a stroke, there is still a common public misconception that the condition only affects older people, when in fact one in four strokes happen in people of working age.
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Stroke Association's response to the new NICE stroke rehabilitation guidance
It’s vital that governments act urgently to address staffing issues across health and social care and within rehabilitation services and share detailed plans to support and resource them, so that these recommendations can become a reality.
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Stroke Association response to NICE: Testing could help prevent further strokes in people with gene variant
Anything we can do to prevent the misery that stroke can cause is ultimately good news.
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Stroke Association response to Autumn Statement: Stroke must remain a priority
Stroke Association response to Autumn Statement: Stroke must remain a priority
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World Stroke Day 2022: Over half of UK teens unaware of life-saving stroke test
"When so many know a stroke survivor, it’s worrying that so few know the signs or what to do if stroke strikes."
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Over 47,000 stroke patients to ‘miss out on a miracle treatment’
Thrombectomy is a miracle treatment that pulls patients back from near-death and alleviates the worst effects of stroke. It’s shocking that so many patients are missing out and being saddled with unnecessary disability.
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Tens of thousands of emergency patients waited nearly two hours for ambulances
"We’re now at a crisis situation where every ambulance service is on the highest level of alert."
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