New hope for stroke patients
Monday, August 25, 2008 - 12:21
in Health & Medicine
If a stroke patient doesn't get treatment within approximately the first three hours of symptoms, there's not much doctors can do to limit damage to the brain. But now researchers report a technique that potentially could restore functions to patients weeks or even months after a stroke. read more
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