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A new method of targeting brain inflammation in stroke survivors could reduce brain injury years later, researchers have found.

The new study, published in journal CNS Drugs, used a pioneering method of delivery of etanercept, an anti-inflammatory therapy, into the system.

Participants in the trial reported rapid improvement in motor function, hand function, gait, spatial perception, speech, cognition, behaviour and sensory deficits.

Edward Tobinick, study author, said: "The possibility of a leap in our understanding of brain dysfunction caused by stroke by exploring inflammatory pathways was anticipated by the forward-thinking stroke research community."

Meanwhile, research published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics revealed that female heart patients are more likely to have mothers who had a stroke than fathers who did.

This indicated that the daughters of women who had a stroke are more prone to heart attacks and also have a higher chance of experiencing a stroke themselves.

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