Aggressively lowering blood pressure in the early hours of a bleeding stroke can limit its severity, a preliminary study found, giving hope of a major advance for treating this often-fatal problem.
These strokes happen when a vessel in the head bursts or leaks, flooding brain tissue with blood and damaging areas that control walking, talking and other functions. More than 100,000 occur each year in the United States – a million worldwide -and half prove fatal. (more…)
WEST SEATTLE — A stroke doesn’t have to be devastating. At Providence Mount St. Vincent in West Seattle, patients are getting their lives jumpstarted again, thanks to a new twist on an ancient therapy.