Study: Extending time of stroke drug treatment OK
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080925/ap_on_he_me/med_stroke_clot_buster"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080924/capt.cps.nro98.240908163652.photo00.photo.default-512x484.jpg?x=130&y=123&q=85&sig=RzpdrSx2r5fQ8XT8GehL.Q--" align="left" height="123" width="130" alt="Graphic showing blood vessels in the brain which can break and cause a hemorrhagic stroke. Some 3,000 experts have met in Vienna for the start of a four-day conference on the prevention and treatment of strokes, which are on the rise in Asia due to changing lifestyles, an expert said.(AFP/File/Martin Megino)" border="0" /></a>AP - Stroke sufferers can still benefit from clot-busting medicine even if they receive it an hour or so beyond the current three-hour window after symptoms start, an important new study suggests.</p><br clear="all"/>

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