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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009:
Hachinski elected Presiden of the World Federation of Neurology
2009-12-15
OTTAWA – Dr. Vladimir Hachinski, a research leader in the Canadian Stroke Network, has been elected to the prestigious international post of President of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN). Read on...
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Media Advisory: Wednesday, October 14th, 2009:
As little as 10 minutes of exercise a day can help stave off disease, international expert say
2009-10-07
Exercise helps everything from stroke to depression, dementia, anxiety, heart disease and some cancers, says international exercise expert and author Dr. Tim Church. Read on...
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Media Advisory, Wednesday, October 14th, 2009:
Researchers to hear compelling personal story of stroke survival
2009-10-07
Historian and professor Hector Mackenzie of Ottawa was moving his daughter to university in Kingston last year when he suffered a major stroke that could have ended his life. Read on...
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Halifax researchers receive funding to examine how lifestyle modification program may reduce risk of future strokes
2009-06-22
HALIFAX – Funded in partnership with the Heart and Stroke Foundation, a new Nova Scotia research project will investigate whether an intensive 12-week education and exercise program can reduce stroke risk factors in patients who have had mild or non-disabling strokes.
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New Report Helps Canadians Better Understand
and Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
2009-06-09
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) today released a new report that will provide Canadians with a greater understanding of cardiovascular disease and how to prevent it. Tracking Heart Disease and Stroke in Canada 2009 provides Canadians with information on major risk factors, on the social and economic impacts of these diseases, and on the rates of cardiovascular disease across the country.
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PEI receives funding for stroke unit
2009-04-17
CHARLOTTETOWN - As unveiled in the Provincial budget, Government has introduced an Organized Stroke Care program to improve the outcomes for Islanders who have suffered a stroke. This program not only makes provision for a dedicated Acute Stroke Care Unit, it goes far beyond the stroke unit and provides a comprehensive prevention and treatment program for stroke survivors. The program will be phased in over four years.
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2009 Canadian “Salt Lick Award” goes to the country’s pizza producers - Pizza delivers a wallop of blood-pressure raising sodium in every slice
2009-02-2
OTTAWA - Three of Canada’s Networks of Centres of Excellence – the Canadian Stroke Network, the Canadian Obesity Network and the Advanced Foods and Materials Network – today awarded the second annual national “Salt Lick Award” to the country’s pizza producers for loading the popular fast-food with blood-pressure raising sodium.
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Manitoba’s newest stroke prevention clinic opens in Brandon
2008-12-2
The Brandon Regional Health Authority in partnership with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba (HSFM) opens a stroke prevention clinic in Brandon today.
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Stroke guidelines to fill gaps in health care - Action required to save lives and prevent disability
2008-12-2
Ambulances should be sent to the closest hospital that can treat stroke, not the closest one on the map. Patients who have mini-strokes should not be sent home from hospital without a plan for appropriate follow-up care. And, stroke patients need to be checked for memory and thinking problems and not just physical disabilities.
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Stroke units save lives and millions in hospital costs, new study finds
2008-11-19
Coordinated care also reduces rate of disability. Canada’s health-care system could save up to $240 million a year in inpatient hospital costs if all stroke patients were treated in organized ‘stroke units,’ according to a Calgary study published in the current issue of the journal Stroke.
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Dietary sodium contributes to 17,000 cases a year of stroke and heart disease in Canada, study says
2008-06-11
As many as 17,000 fewer Canadians would have a stroke, heart attack or suffer from heart failure every year if they consumed the recommended optimal daily level of dietary sodium, according to a study published today in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.
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Study urges improvements to outdated, inefficient stroke rehabilitation system in Canada
Weekend therapy, more intense outpatient care needed
2008-03-19
Stroke rehabilitation in Canada needs a significant overhaul given the current system is outdated, inefficient and funnels too many people into costly nursinghome beds, according to a Canadian Stroke Network-funded report in the March issue of the prestigious Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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Phoenix Biopharm Announces Post-stroke Drug As 1st Reprofiling Candidate With Canadian Stroke Network
2008-02-27
Phoenix BioPharm, Inc. and its strategic partner and co-founder the Canadian Stroke Network announced today that they have selected a proven calcium channel blocker as Phoenix BioPharm’s first reprofiling candidate.
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Saskatchewan stroke report urges action to save lives, prevent disability and reduce health costs
2008-02-26
Access to organized stroke care in Saskatchewan could prevent more than 5,000 strokes, prevent disability in 3,000 Saskatchewan residents and save the provincial health-care system $500 million over 10 years...
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Organized care can prevent nine out of 10 in-hospital stroke deaths, Canadian study shows
2008-02-21
Nine out of 10 in-hospital deaths could be prevented within the first week following stroke by putting in place organized care...
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Hospitals need equivalent of “Code Blue” for stroke patients, Canadian study shows
2008-02-20
Patients who have a stroke while in hospital are less likely to benefit from rapid access to acute stroke care than those who come into the emergency room with the same condition...
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Canada’s "Salt Lick Award" goes to A&W "Chubby Junior" Meal
2008-01-29
Parents urged to steer children from sodium-laden fast food.
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Announcing the New Executive Director of the Canadian Stroke Strategy
2007-12-07
Health-care executive Elizabeth Woodbury has been named Executive Director of the Canadian Stroke Strategy.
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Reductions needed in the sodium added to foods
2007-10-25
Lowering dietary salt intake would save lives, reduce medical costs, health groups say.
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Canadian family physicians urged to adopt expert recommendations on stroke
2007-10-13
Expert recommendations for improving stroke care in Canada will save lives and prevent disability, a national meeting of family physicians was told today.
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Canada Leads in Emergency Room Stroke Prevention
2007-10-10
A landmark Canadian pilot study has shown that the use of a combination of clot-reducing drugs could have huge benefits for patients suffering from “mini-strokes” in order to prevent secondary strokes from occurring.
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Stroke recovery: More community programs needed to fight one of Canada’s leading health concerns
2007-09-13
Community-based stroke programs – everything from exercise classes to craft groups – need to be part of the hospital discharge plan that stroke patients get along with their prescriptions, says a leading Canadian stroke researcher.
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Getting on with Your Life After Stroke
2007-09-10
Cutting-edge research points to need for better programs to aid recovery; national expert delivers public lecture in Winnipeg on latest findings
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Reducing salt intake would eliminate hypertension in one million Canadians
2007-05-08
Cutting the average Canadian’s salt intake by half would eliminate hypertension (high blood pressure) in one million Canadians, double the number of Canadians with adequately controlled hypertension.
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Canadian Stroke Network Scientific Director named Officer of Order of Canada
2007-02-20
Dr. Antoine Hakim, Scientific Director of the Canadian Stroke Network, was today named an Officer of the Order of Canada for his significant contribution to the field of stroke.
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Canadian stroke expert wins American Stroke Association’s highest honour.
2007-02-07
Dr. Antoine Hakim, Scientific Director of the Canadian Stroke Network, was today awarded stroke research’s most prestigious prize at the International Stroke Conference in San Francisco, California.
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Stroke researchers applaud recommendations in ‘Food Guide’ to reduce salt intake.
2007-02-05
For the first time, Canada’s ‘Food Guide’ sends a strong message about the health risks associated with over-consumption of salty foods and the impact on public health, says the Scientific Director of the Canadian Stroke Network.
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Salt consumption, poor diet leading to 'storm' of health issues.
2007-01-27
Calgary physician and disease prevention guru Dr. Norm Campbell laughs when he’s called a ‘shaker’ in the fight again salt.
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Expert recommendations will improve stroke care and prevent deaths.
2006-11-06
New expert recommendations for improving stroke care in Canada – the Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care: 2006
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Canadian leads effort to raise awareness of stroke as a global health epidemic.
2006-10-26
Canadian neurologist Dr. Vladimir Hachinski is leading international efforts to raise awareness of stroke as a major public health issue. Today, Dr. Hachinski proclaimed “World Stroke Day” at the World Stroke Congress in Cape Town, South Africa.
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CSN researchers test novel drug to protect brain from stroke damage.
2006-09-27
A promising new stroke drug developed by Canadian Stroke Network researchers has entered Phase 1 clinical trials.
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Researchers establish screening tools to measure damage caused by ‘silent’ strokes.
2006-08-28
Canadian Stroke Network researchers have established screening tests and other tools to measure changes in memory, perception and problem-solving – all indicators of ‘silent’ strokes that wreak havoc on the brain
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Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute Awarded $1 Million
2006-06-15
The Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute (ÉBRI) - a partnership of SCO Health Service and University of Ottawa, announced a $1 million research grant from the Canadian Stroke Network (CSN) to support a province-wide...
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Billions of dollars, tens of thousands of lives at stake - Why aren’t proven stroke solutions being used consistently in Canada?
2006-06-15
Widespread access to organized stroke care could prevent more than 160,000 strokes, prevent disability in 60,000 Canadians and save $8 billion net in health-care costs over the next 20 years in Canada.
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Manitoba making steady progress towards coordinated stroke care
2006-06-14
An economic analysis released today by the Canadian Stroke Network (CSN) and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSF) predicts coordinated stroke care could prevent more than 160,000 strokes, prevent disability in 60,000 Canadians and save...
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Improvements in stroke care and advancement of coordinated strategy to increase survival rates.
2006-04-21
Internationally known stroke neurologist, Dr. Antoine Hakim, will be addressing medical practitioners from across the country regarding the Canadian Stroke Strategy which involves the implementation of best practices for treatment and prevention...
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Canadian researcher finds genetic cause of diseased blood vessels, leading to stroke and dementia
2006-04-06
A Canadian researcher has discovered a gene that leads to the weakening of blood vessels in the brain, increasing the risk of stroke.
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Neighbourhood income linked to stroke survival rates
2006-02-17
There is a strong link between neighbourhood income and the likelihood of dying of a stroke, according to a Canadian study presented today at the world’s largest gathering of stroke specialists.
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Anti-clotting therapy may reduce severity of stroke
2006-02-16
For patients with atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm that increases the risk of stroke, taking anti-clotting medications might reduce the severity of stroke according to Canadian research.
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Preventing Stroke and Alzheimer's disease: International stroke expert to deliver Ramon J. Hnatyshyn Public Lecture
2005-11-14
Dr. Vladimir Hachinski, editor of the prestigious journal Stroke and international expert on stroke disease and cognition, will present the Third Annual Ramon J. Hnatyshyn Lecture.
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CSN announces first Paul Morley Mentorship Award
2005-09-29
Memorial University professor Dale Corbett honoured for outstanding dedication to training stroke researchers.
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StrokEngine to deliver latest evidence on rehabilitation research
2005-09-21
A new Web-based tool was launched today to provide the most up-to-date and accessible information about rehabilitation therapies and treatments for people recovering from stroke.
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CSN to receive $25.6 million to connect stroke research with prevention and treatment
2005-09-12
Research funding will be used to support a number of high-impact projects to decrease the physical, mental, social, and economic burden of stroke and to help create efficiencies in the health-care system.
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Prominent Canadians to guide much-needed changes to stroke prevention, care and treatment in Canada
2005-08-30
A group of prominent Canadians, led by Kenneth Fyke, who headed Saskatchewan’s 2001 Commission on Medicare, will oversee a major national effort to change the way stroke is managed in this country.
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‘Silent’ strokes lead to dementia, Canadian research shows
2005-05-31
Undetected ‘silent’ strokes are a major cause of memory loss, confusion, personality changes and other symptoms of dementia, according to a Canadian study to be presented next week at a meeting in Italy.
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National stroke study sets new practice standard for Canada
2005-05-09
A Canada-wide clinical research study of more than 1000 stroke patients has put to rest a long-standing controversy about the use of thrombolysis for stroke.
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UBC discovery is gateway to new stroke treatments
2004-09-08
Scientists found that astrocytes – cells that surround nerve cells and all blood vessels in the brain – have a primary role in regulating blood flow within the brain, and hold promise as a target for new therapies.
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Twice as many Canadian children are suffering strokes
2004-06-23
Twice as many children are suffering strokes than was previously believed, according to new findings by a Heart and Stroke Foundation and Canadian Stroke Network researcher who is one of Canada’s leading pediatric neurologists.
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Better organized stroke care could save thousands of lives every year
2004-06-23
An eight-month study at 21 Canadian hospitals, led by a Canadian Stroke Network and Heart and Stroke Foundation researcher, found that the majority of patients did not receive care on an acute stroke unit. In theory, failure to provide...
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National lecture on stroke to be held in Victoria
2004-06-10
Acclaimed Canadian stroke researcher Dr. Alastair Buchan, director of the Calgary Stroke Program, will deliver the second annual Ramon J. Hnatyshyn Lecture on stroke on Wednesday, June 23, at the Empress Hotel in Victoria.
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Undetected Mini-Strokes Threaten Thousands, Warns Heart and Stroke Foundation
2004-06-08
The Heart and Stroke Foundation warns that untreated transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) are putting nearly 21,000 Canadians at increased risk of death, stroke or heart attack. Yet there is evidence that only a minority of TIA patients receive appropriate...
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Privacy concerns hinder medical registry studies necessary to improve patient care
2004-03-31
Development of a representative national consent-based registry, designed to monitor and improve stroke care, demonstrates the practical difficulty of obtaining informed consent for health registry research, says a new study from ICES...