SAFE INFORMÁCIÓK 2019. év

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7 steps to recovery: A project that emerged from a stroke survivor’s diary now helping people around the world

Each stroke survivors’ journey is a different story. The terrible and terrifying experience changes lives forever, but sometimes people choose to focus on positive things and look forward, redefining their views on life and establishing to so called “new normal”. One of these remarkable people, David Festenstein from the UK, shared with us his life […]

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Nutrition and stroke prevention: Can a diet save your brain?

Written by: Prof. Anita Arsovska, MD, PhD, Macedonian Organization for a fight against stroke, SAFE Board Member Stroke is a severe impairment of brain functions due to acute brain circulation disorder. The highest percentage of strokes (80-85%) is due to thrombosis or embolism of the blood vessels, resulting in ischemia of the brain tissue. Approximately […]

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Stroke Survivors’ Needs in Finland: Stroke rehabilitation insufficient as it is now

When it comes to stroke treatment and aftercare, Nordic countries are often believed to be among the most advanced in Europe. Even so, there is a room for improvement as we learned from our conversation with Finnish Brain Association’s Executive Director Tiina Viljanen. SAFE: What is one issue related to the life after stroke in […]

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Stroke Action Plan for Europe Implementation: First Steering Committee meeting held today in Munich

The first Steering Committee meeting for implementation of the Stroke Action Plan for Europe (SAPE) was held today in Munich. The Steering Committee’s main task will include a definition of a strategy framework, the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for monitoring the quality of care and reaching the targets, as well as a definition of a […]

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Stroke survivors’ needs in Portugal: Rehabilitation must be possible and accessible to everyone

“Currently, in Portugal, when a stroke occurs, the first phase of treatment, the acute phase, happens in similar conditions to the ones of the best practices in Europe. The first rehabilitation, still within a hospital circle, is already implemented with great differences across our country, and, on average, isn’t as satisfactory. After… when the real […]

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Podcast #5 on StrokePrevention.info – Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an irregular heart rhythm with rapid and irregular beating. It is estimated to increase the risk of stroke 3 to 5-fold and to be associated with around a quarter of all ischaemic strokes. Additionally, AF is associated with more severe strokes leading to higher mortality and disability. We have discussed this […]

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SAFE and EU funded research projects: An update

The Stroke Alliance for Europe (SAFE), participates in EU funded research projects. Our involvement in research allows us to stay up-to-date on the latest research breakthroughs and promising treatments and to ensure that this potential live-saving knowledge reaches patients and healthcare professionals all across Europe. Our major strength is dissemination. This video contains updates from […]

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Fightthestroke representing Italy with project Mirrorable among the #Zeroawardess 2019

Article written by Francesca Fedeli, Founder of Fightthestroke.org, advocating for young stroke and CP survivors Fightthestroke has been selected among 65 practices and 11 policies from around the world that help persons with disabilities on the Zero Project Award 2019, celebrating this year the topic of Independent Living and Political Participation. Project Mirrorable indeed has been awarded as a […]

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Sleep after stroke: How does it affect recovery?

This article first appeared on ARNI Stroke Charity (UK) website | Author: Tom Balchin Are you interested in learning about your sleep after stroke? Researchers at the University of Oxford are currently investigating how sleep is affected by stroke. Heidi Johansen-Berg is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of The Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging at […]

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SAFE Angels Patient brochures help improve patient – doctor communication

The Angels Initiative is a unique healthcare initiative launched by Boehringer Ingelheim in partnership with the European Stroke Organisation (ESO), the World Stroke Organisation (WSO) and the Stroke Alliance for Europe (SAFE). SAFE’s members proudly contributed to the Angles Initiative by providing critical information to stroke patients and their families as early as in stroke […]

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This year’s first SAFE Board meeting held in London

This year’s first SAFE Board meeting took place in London this week, from 4-5th February. The Board members took two days to discuss the current and future SAFE Strategy, with special focus on governance, finances and supported growth in member organisations. Among many SAFE ongoing projects, there will be two which are very important for SAFE’s […]

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The role of policy in tackling stroke: The registration for #RO2019EU is now open

The Stroke Alliance for Europe (SAFE) invites you to attend the event ‘Joining forces to prevent and control non-communicable diseases: The role of policy in tackling stroke’, under the patronage of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (#RO2019EU), which will take place on 28 March 2019, in Brussels, at the European […]

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Stroke medicine is an energetic discipline

This interview first appeared on European Stroke Association website  *Professor Anita Arsovska is Head of the Department for Urgent Neurology at the University Clinic of Neurology, University Ss Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia Professor Arsovska  has participated as a subinvestigator in the MARINER and Impact 24B studies. She is an ESO Fellow as […]

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World Stroke Organization published the Global Stroke Fact Sheet

This news first appeared in the WSO Newsletter The World Stroke Organization is proud to share its most recent and much expected publication: the Global Stroke Fact Sheet.  The 10-page document overviews the best available scientific evidence to provide reliable and up to date data on stroke and its impact around the world. Using reliable and consistent […]

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German Stroke Foundation celebrates 25th anniversary

The German Stroke foundation started its work in January 1993. To celebrate the anniversary the foundation launched a new campaign: “I set a sign.” A newly designed website went online in October and the Integrated Care Project “STROKE OWL” enrolled the first patients. Author: Ina Armbruster  “I set a sign.” A red stripe above the eyebrow […]

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Midterm recruitment of the Zoom@SVDs study

This text was was first published on www.svds-at-target.eu In November 2018 the Zoom@SVDs study included the 60th participant, thereby reaching its milestone for midterm recruitment. The Zoom@SVDs study is an observational study that aims to advance our understanding of Small Vessel Disease, a condition in which the small blood vessels in the brain are damaged. […]

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#BrainLifeGoals: Brain Awareness Week 2019 starts now

Sharing #LifeGoals has become a popular trend on social media. A campaign from the European Federation of Neurological Associations [EFNA] and supported by many organisations across Europe will put a new spin on the trend by instead seeing patient advocates and supporters share their #BrainLifeGoals. The #BrainLifeGoals campaign will raise awareness of the impact of […]

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Five Ways of Fighting Depression

Author: Cornelius J Johnson When you’re battling depression it’s difficult not to just let the pills do the work and hope for the best. As any good mental health professional will tell you, combating the symptoms of depression can take some self-governance and work. But when our mind is working against us at these times, […]

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SAFE calls upon politicians to give stroke the same attention given to cancer and mental diseases

Brussels, 28 March 2019- The Stroke Alliance for Europe (SAFE) organised today the event ‘Joining forces to prevent and control non-communicable diseases: The role of policy in tackling stroke’, under the patronage of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, in Brussels, at the European Committee of the Regions. The event was […]

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Eurostat news: Do you eat fruit and vegetables daily?

Published first on 01 April 2019 by Blanca ALFARO [European Commission] in the Agora Network network   In 2017, around 1 in 4 people (27 %) ate fruit at least twice a day, according to a survey of the European Union (EU) population. A further 37 % of the EU population ate fruit once a day and the remaining 36 % […]

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Stroke survivors’ needs in North Macedonia: Lack of multidisciplinary teams in after stroke care

As announced earlier, SAFE will open conversation with our member organisations’ leaders, in the attempt of shedding light on life after stroke issues across Europe. This week we are talking with Dr Maja Bozinovska Smiceska, President of Association for a fight against stroke “Stroke” in North Macedonia. SAFE: What is one issue related to the […]

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Stroke Stories podcast: Inviting all stroke survivors who would like to share their stories

Author: Aidan Judd In 2016 and 2017, broadcaster Mark Goodier suffered two strokes. He found when he got home from hospital, there were not that many resources to use as part of your recovery. And once you are away from constant medical supervision, it can be a lonely time as family and friends get back […]

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New Brain, Mind and Pain Book of Evidence released for the 2019-2024 EU mandate

The Brain, Mind and Pain (BMP) initiative has today launched its Book of Evidence for the 2019-2024 EU mandate. This Book of Evidence (BoE) sets a strategic vision on policy action to deliver better care for people with neurological and chronic pain disorders in the EU. It will be used as the core policy document […]

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Stroke survivors’ needs across Europe: Are they addressed and how?

This year’s main theme for SAFE’s campaigning work is Life After Stroke, the issues around it and how the stroke survivors and their families are coping with it. The campaign will cover this year’s European Stroke Awareness Day in May and will culminate on October 29, for the World Stroke Day, when SAFE will present […]

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Real cost of heart attacks and strokes: Double the direct medical expense

First published on ScienceDaily.com The full financial cost of a heart attack or stroke is twice as much as the medical costs when lost work time for patients and caregivers is included. That’s the finding of research published today, World Health Day, in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of […]

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