Better information = better plans

If you or someone you care of is a stroke patient, you want the best plan of care you can get. This recent article, from MedlinePlus, reports another tool that could help better these plans.

New tool helps predict stroke patient's risk of death in hospital:

A new Internet-based tool can more accurately predict stroke patients' risk of dying in the hospital and help their doctors develop better care plans, according to a new Canadian study.

Hospitals also can use the prediction tool to evaluate and improve their patient outcomes, said study author Dr. Eric Smith, assistant professor of neurology at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.

Good resource to follow

From the U.S. National Library of Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health, a service called MedlinePlus offers a great stream of good, updated information about strokes.

Follow this link to get to this resource.

It includes basic information on signs and symptoms, prevention and recovery. You can read about related clinical trials, research and much more.

Through this page, you can also sign up to receive updates via e-mail. Good content, good information for better stroke awareness.