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Canadian Stroke Network
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
The Quality of Stroke Care in Canada 2011To view The Quality of Stroke Care in Canada visit: Backgrounder (Word) or Backgrounder (PDF) Download Study Read the report online (eMag) or on your mobile device. For media assistance, please contact: Cathy Campbell Email: Cathy Campbell Phone: 613-562-5696 Fax: 613-521-9215
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
CSN Launches Sodium iPhone AppTrying to cut back on sodium? There’s an App for that! The Canadian Stroke Network is excited to announce the launch of Sodium 101 for iPhone! Designed to help users stay within their daily recommended sodium intake, the Sodium 101 iPhone App is FREE for download on the iPhone App Store. For more information [...]
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Morley Mentorship Award deadline: May 20The Canadian Stroke Network (CSN) is pleased to announce the fifth annual competition for the Paul Morley Mentorship Award in Stroke. From 2000-2005, Dr. Morley served as the Deputy Scientific Director for the CSN. In this capacity, he skillfully provided leadership to all training activities within the CSN. He developed the original CSN training [...]
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Black to deliver Hnatyshyn Lecture at CongressDr.Sandra Black, Director of the neurosciences research program at Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto, will present the 8th Annual Ramon J. Hnatyshyn Lecture at the second Canadian Stroke Congress in October 2011 in Ottawa. Dr. Black is a senior scientist at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest and Medical Director of the Regional Stroke Centre [...]
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
TIA patients with speech difficulties more likely to suffer from irregular heartbeat(Release) Patients who have a mini-stroke accompanied by speech problems, are more likely to suffer from a treatable heart condition called atrial fibrillation, according to Ottawa research presented today at the International Stroke Conference. Dr. Mukul Sharma, deputy director of the Canadian Stroke Network and an author of the study, said that speech problems “provide [...]
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Canadian study shows dementia patients more likely to die or be disabled after stroke(Release) People with a pre-existing diagnosis of dementia are twice as likely to die when they have a stroke than other stroke patients, according to a Canadian study to be presented today at the International Stroke Conference. Lead author Dr. Gustavo Saposnik of the University of Toronto studied 9,304 patients in the Registry of the [...]
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
Recommendations will prevent stroke patients from falling through cracksNew website provides accessible information on optimal stroke care The 2010 Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care emphasize the need to prevent stroke patients from falling through the cracks as they move from the ER to in-hospital care to rehabilitation therapy and back to the community. The recommendations were released today by the Canadian [...]
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Plans in place for 2011 Stroke CongressPlans are well under way for the second Canadian Stroke Congress, to be held in Ottawa next October. The Congress program committee will be chaired by Andrew Demchuk of the University of Calgary and Dale Corbett of the HSF Centre for Stroke Recovery. Program committee members include Steffen-Sebastian Bolz, University of Toronto, Gail Eskes of [...]
Monday, November 8th, 2010
New blood thinner easier to usePeople with a heart rhythm problem could be treated with a drug that is safer and easier to use than warfarin, the drug currently used to treat the condition. For decades, people with atrial fibrillation and other conditions have taken warfarin to reduce their risk of clotting and stroke. Warfarin, which is also used as [...]
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
Why Are People With Stroke More Likely to Die If Hospitalized on Weekend?Click here to read the press release. |
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