New stroke treatment showing positive signs
The usual treatment is a clot-dissolving medicine called tPA, but it must be given within four and a half
hours after symptoms start, and
very few stroke patients seek help in
time.
Marilynn MARCHIONE
The Associated Press
HEALTH
For the first time in two decades, a new treatment has been shown to limit the damage from a common type of stroke. Researchers in the Netherlands found that mechanically removing a clot in addition to using a standard clot-busting medicine lowered the...
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