Strokes at night more likely to delay care

Patients who have strokes during the night wait 4-7 hours longer to seek emergency treatment than those whose strokes occur during the day, according to a US study.

This delay in seeking medical help is important because the type of treatment a stroke patient receives is partly determined by the length of time since the stroke began, warned researcher Dr Wayne Rosamond, assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of North Carolina, …