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A Hearty Life

August 11th, 2008

Stroke and tPA: The way and speed in which you present is life or death

This is of great importance. Realizing the signs and symptoms of a stroke can make the difference between life an death and between resolving symptoms and forever disabilities.
tPA is only administered if the symptoms are within a 3 hour window at most ER’s. What happens if you present saying your symptoms started yesterday? Well, first […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

April 26th, 2008

New 3-D ultrasound sees past skull

Duke University bioengineers can compensate for the thickness of the skull to see in real-time the arteries within the brain that most often clog up and cause strokes using new 3-D ultrasound technology they designed. This is believed to be the first of its kind- to see past the skull and actually view the major […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment