Mobile devices help detect stroke early

Scientists at Johns Hopkins University (USA) have found a new type of portable device that can help detect strokes based on eye movements.

New equipment once used can help
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This bedside electronic device, which measures eye movement, can successfully determine whether the cause of continuous dizziness or dizziness is a stroke or something benign. , according to Science Daily lead research results.

"Using this device can directly predict who has a stroke and who doesn't ," said Dr. David Newman-Toker of the university.

Newman-Toker said that, if more large studies confirm this result, the new device could one day operate similarly to an electrocardiogram (ECG), a simple test. Commonly used to rule out heart attacks in patients with chest pain.

And he added, the widespread use of this device could 'almost eliminate deaths due to misdiagnosis, while saving a lot of time and money'.