Can blood-pressure cuffs work? Novel ways to limit stroke damage
Sunday, March 7, 2010 - 00:14
in Health & Medicine
Can using a simple blood-pressure cuff limit damage from strokes caused by decreased blood supply to the brain? An emerging field of study is working to see whether using this blood-pressure cuff or other methods of "training the brain" could help reduce damage from a stroke as it is occurring while a patient is being transported to the hospital.