doi: 10.1038/510S2apmid: 24964023
Stroke is a public-health problem that tends to affect poorer countries more and leaves richer countries with ballooning medical costs. Yet it is often preventable. By Zoë Corbyn.
doi: 10.1038/510S10apmid: 24964021
Strokes can shatter a person's identity and make it difficult to find the light. But there are ways to help patients cope.
doi: 10.1038/510S4apmid: 24964024
Simply lowering blood pressure would reduce the risk of both stroke and age-related cognitive impairment, says Walter J. Koroshetz.
doi: 10.1038/510S6apmid: 24964026
The key to stroke recovery is to coax the brain cells to heal without creating more damage in the process. A clever delivery system may just do the trick.
doi: 10.1038/510S12apmid: 24964022
'Covert' strokes are a leading cause of dementia — and their incidence will rise in step with that of vascular risk factors, says Antoine M. Hakim.
doi: 10.1038/510S5apmid: 24964025
Mobile stroke units can save lives by treating people before any damage starts to take hold.
doi: 10.1038/510S8apmid: 24964027
Interactive devices are helping people who have had a stroke to regain their motor function.
doi: 10.1038/510443apmid: 24971435
An accident with anthrax demonstrates that pathogen research always carries a risk of release — and highlights the need for rigorous scrutiny of gain-of-function flu studies.
doi: 10.1038/510444bpmid: 24971437
Environmentalists are divided over whether it is possible to have a ‘good’ Anthropocene.
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