Hi Simon, Thanks for your reply and the links…. Google scholar is great, isn’t it! I had seen some of these articles, and had hoped to find results for recent papers. Most seem to be 2017 and earlier……and all interesting, but if there’s no real money to be made in a research subject it can be pushed aside from lack of funding. We need big Pharma but they do play an important role in what gets looked at.
Stroke seems to be a condition that doesn’t push the button with people’s interest…… until you have one affecting you or a loved one. I really enjoy, and learn a lot, from listening to the podcast Movers and Shakers, a group of well known, articulate people who have Parkinson’s. If you don’t know it have a listen - a lot of interesting, new stuff happening with PD. And the podcast has caught the attention of the wider world, putting a spotlight on the disease which seems to be sparking action here and there. A similar podcast with some interesting people who live in the stroke world would be great to have.
Ah well…. On we all trundle. 
all the best. Virginia
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Wobbling Warriors 
Love it!
Thanks for the Microsoft academic link.
Well, that sounds a possible explanation for statins explosion…global sales quoted at truly astronomic levels …. That would fund more than an ice cream or two. 
Add that to the fact that docs often feel pressured to prescribe so that the patient feels something is being done 2+2=?
But….dont get me started on statins 
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