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  • New group launches to help local stroke survivors return to work


    A new support group to help stroke survivors in London return to work has launched at Islington Central Library on Fieldway Crescent, and will meet every Wednesday at 11am.
    The weekly group, called ‘Job Club’, is run by the Stroke Association and will provide a place for people looking for work to create a CV, job search, and practice their interview skills.
    Kate Pieroudis, Back to Wo

  • ​Devon youngster goes the extra mile for the Stroke Association

    Devon youngster goes the extra mile for the Stroke Association
    A Devon youngster will be joined by his mother to take on the Stroke Association’s Resolution Run in Escot Park, Devon, on 27 February 2016.
    Ten-year-old Henry Dobrijevic was inspired to raise vital funds for the charity after his brother Oliver had a stroke in 2013, just before his second birthday.Oliver, who is now five years o

  • Stroke Association statement on Rivaroxaban

    A recent paper published in the BMJ queried the assessment of the ROCKET AF study that the drug Rivaroxaban is effective in reducing Atrial Fibrillation (AF) related stroke. The group who undertook the ROCKET AF study reviewed their data and have now published their finding in the New England Journal of Medicine that Rivaroxaban does not show any increased bleeding risk compared to warfarin.

  • ​Stroke Association urges runners in London to make a resolution that counts

    The Stroke Association is encouraging people to make a pledge which counts, and take part in a 5k or 10k Resolution Run on 13 March 2016 at Victoria Park.
    The event is one of 28 fundraising Resolution Runs taking place across the UK this spring. These runs provide the perfect motivation to get in shape after Christmas, while helping to conquer stroke.
    Ruth Dunkin from the Stroke Association

  • ​Stroke Association urges runners in Reading to make a resolution that counts

    The Stroke Association is encouraging people to make a pledge which counts, and take part in a 5k,10k or 15k Resolution Run on 13 March 2016 at Prospect Park.
    The event is one of 28 fundraising Resolution Runs taking place across the UK this spring. These runs provide the perfect motivation to get in shape after Christmas, while helping to conquer stroke.
    Michelle Bowdidge from the Stroke As

  • ​Stroke Association urges runners in Cambridge to make a resolution that counts

    The Stroke Association is encouraging people to make a pledge which counts, and take part in a 5k Resolution Run on 6 March 2016 at Milton Country Park.
    The event is one of 28 fundraising Resolution Runs taking place across the UK this spring. These runs provide the perfect motivation to get in shape after Christmas, while helping to conquer stroke.
    George Burroughs from the Stroke Associati

  • ​Stroke Association urges runners in Reading to make a resolution that counts

    Stroke Association urges runners in Reading to make a resolution that counts
    The Stroke Association is encouraging people to make a pledge which counts, and take part in a 5k or 10k Resolution Run on 6 March 2016 at Queen Elizabeth Country Park.
    The event is one of 28 fundraising Resolution Runs taking place across the UK this spring. These runs provide the perfect motivation to get in shape

  • ​Stroke Association urges runners in Norwich to make a resolution that counts

    The Stroke Association is encouraging people to make a pledge which counts, and take part in a 5k Resolution Run on 13 March 2016 at UEA Colney Playing Fields.
    The event is one of 28 fundraising Resolution Runs taking place across the UK this spring. These runs provide the perfect motivation to get in shape after Christmas, while helping to conquer stroke.
    George Burroughs from the Stroke As

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