Stroke: Risk Factors, Symptoms and the Importance of Time – Mayo Clinic

The European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC) 2023 will take place 24-26 May 2023 in Munich, Germany. The conference will include sessions, plenary lectures, and symposia, covering a wide range of topics related to stroke, including acute management, rehabilitation, imaging, epidemiology, and public health. Prof. Peter Kelly (President, European Stroke Organisation, Dublin, Ireland) joins touchNEUROLOGY to […]

The Stroke Alliance for Europe (SAFE) is a non-profit-making organisation that represents a range of patient groups from across Europe. Their mutual goal is to drive stroke prevention up the European political agenda and prevent the incidence of stroke through education. touchNEUROLOGY caught up with the SAFE President, Prof. Hariklia (Harriet) Proios, to discuss the […]

Brain-age biomarkers can be used to predict post-stroke recovery. Dr Martin Bretzner (Lille Neuroscience & Cognition Research Centre, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France) discusses the results of a study using radiomics, an emerging image-quantifying technology to assess ‘brain-age’ biomarkers. The study investigates how relative brain age, rather than chronological age, can enhance stroke surveillance and […]