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Sharon Stone opens up about experiencing medical gaslighting following her 2001 stroke: ‘I would have died if they had sent me home’ – Yahoo Life
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The Trey Lance trade was about minimal Cowboys upside and a Jerry Jones ego stroke — not Dak Prescott’s future – Yahoo Sports
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Qin Haiyang Breaks 200 Breast World Record (2:05.48), Completes First-Ever Stroke Sweep – SwimSwam
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While Jamie Foxx is in the hospital after a stroke, director Seth Gordon uses his stunt double as stand-in, – Marca English
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A man died of a stroke days after a realtor found him lying on the floor but did not call for help, says report – Yahoo News
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Sen. John Fetterman’s hospitalization for depression after his stroke raises questions about the connection. Here’s what we know – CNN
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Smartphone app that could help identify stroke symptoms as they occur
Scientists develop smartphone app that spots stroke symptoms as they occur — looking at facial droopiness and slurred speech
In the US one person suffers a stroke every 40 seconds, and in the UK it is every five minutes, and acting quickly is key to preventing lasting brain damage.
However the symptoms, which include a drooping face on one side, slurred speech or being unable to lift an arm, are not so easily recognizable in an emergency.
Now, scientists have come up with an app that could help family and friends recognize a stroke when it is taking place – prompting them to call for an ambulance.
Scientists in the University of California developed an app that uses facial recognition and speaking patterns to detect whether a person is having a stroke with near 100 percent accuracy (file photo)
The app, called FAST.AI, uses a facial video of the patient to examine 69 facial points, measure arm movement and detect speech changes.
A team from the University of California trialed it on nearly 270 patients who had been diagnosed with acute stroke, within 72 hours of hospital admission.
Neurologists who examined the patients tested the app then compared the results with their own clinical diagnosis.
Analysis found the app accurately detected stroke-associated facial drooping in nearly 100 percent of patients.
The app also accurately detected arm weakness in more than two-thirds of cases, and preliminary analysis suggests it may also be able to reliably detect slurred speech.
It is important to recognize the signs of a stroke straight away since clot-busting medication should be administered within three hours after symptoms begin.
The faster the treatment is administered, the more likely for a better recovery.
Researchers said their study is ongoing and the app is still in development and not available to the public.
Author Radoslav Raychev said: ‘Many stroke patients don’t make it to the hospital in time for treatment, which is one reason why it is vital to recognize stroke symptoms and call [for help] right away.
‘These early results confirm the app reliably identified acute stroke symptoms as accurately as a neurologist, and they will help to improve the app’s accuracy in detecting signs and symptoms of stroke.’
The findings were presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference in Dallas, Texas.
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U.S. CDC still looking at potential stroke risk from Pfizer bivalent COVID shot
Jan 26 (Reuters) – New data from one U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) database shows a possible stroke risk link for older adults who received an updated Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech (22UAy.DE) COVID-19 booster shot, but the signal is weaker than what the agency had flagged earlier in January, health officials said on Thursday.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials said they had not detected a link between the shots and strokes in two other safety monitoring databases.
The new data was presented at a meeting of outside experts that advise the FDA on vaccine policy.
Earlier this month, U.S. health officials said they had detected the possible link to ischemic strokes in people over age 65 who received the newer booster shots in its Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) database. They said at the time it was very unlikely to represent a true clinical risk.
Dr. Nicola Klein of healthcare company Kaiser Permanente, which maintains VSD data for the CDC, said the rate of strokes observed in the database had slowed in recent weeks, but the signal was still statistically significant, meaning likely not by chance.
Most of the confirmed cases had also received a flu vaccine at the same time, which might be a factor, she said.
FDA scientist Richard Forshee said the agency plans to study whether there is any increased risk of stroke from receiving the two shots at the same time.
Both agencies still recommend older adults receive the booster shots, now tailored to target Omicron variants as well as the original coronavirus.
Dr. Walid Gellad, professor of medicine at University of Pittsburgh, said the issue required further investigation.
“Sometimes signals are not clear,” Gellad said in an email. “It makes sense to look into it more, and it doesn’t make sense to change practice given the known benefits (of getting the booster) in this age group.”
(This story has been corrected to fix the name to Nicola from Nicole in paragraph 5)
Reporting by Michael Erman; Editing by Bill Berkrot
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