Stroke prevention
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Stroke Prevention Activity
Our stroke prevention activity helps people to understand the risk factors for stroke and what they can do to reduce or manage their risk of having a stroke.
Stroke Prevention Day: be inspired
Join us on Stroke Prevention Day and make one small change to reduce your risk of stroke. Read inspiring stories from people who've made a change to their lifestyle, and how it has helped them reduce their risk of stroke.
A fresh approach to preventing ill health - read the NPRI report
Friday 25 September 2015
We are a proud partner in the National Prevention Research Initiative (NPRI), a partnership of 16 health research funders including government departments, research councils and medical charities. Launched today, a new report sheds light on the NPRI's fresh approach to preventing ill health.
How should we best prevent narrowed neck arteries causing stroke?
Carotid artery narrowing causes about 15% of strokes of the type where blood clots block blood flow to the brain, and this study aims to find prevention for this.
How to improve trials of new treatments for stroke and dementia
Small Vessel Disease (SVD) is a disease of the small blood vessels in the brain and can lead to stroke and dementia. At the moment, we don't know how to stop SVD developing, or how to treat it. This Lectureship aims to improve future clinical trials that aim to prevent SVD.
Could a medication used to treat gout help to stop stroke and TIA survivors having further strokes?
This study is investigating whether colchicine, a medication used to treat gout, could help to stop people who have previously had a stroke or TIA from having further strokes.
Targeting interventions for small vessel disease to prevent stroke and dementia
Wednesday 12 October 2016
Professor Joanna Wardlaw CBE talks about the new SVDs@target programme - Targeting interventions for small vessel disease to prevent stroke and dementia. This programme was funded by a 6 million euro grant from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme.
International project launches to prevent stroke in patients with brain bleeding: PRESTIGE-AF
Wednesday 31 January 2018
PRESTIGE-AF is a new multi-million Euro initiative funded by the European Commission has been set up to help prevent stroke in patients with existing conditions.
SAFE: an important partner in new research to prevent complications after stroke.
Thursday 30 July 2015
The PRECIOUS project will examine the consequences of treating complications of stroke such as infections or fever or swallowing problems, all of which commonly occur in elderly patients. Failing to treat these complications often leads to a worse outcome overall.