Stroke News

HEART attacks and strokes continue to be the leading causes of serious illness and death in Barbados, with hypertension commonly known as high blood pressure as a major contributory factor to these diseases.

The 25-year-old nurse suffered a stroke last fall, and today she will run in the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon in Portland.

Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of serious, long-term disability in adults.

In 2012 the Heart and Stroke Foundation of P.E.I. launched a new program to cover the cost of automated, external defibrillators for selected facilities in the province.

Outside Derry's Playhouse on Tuesday builders were working on Artillery Street. Inside the building young people were busy rehearsing and the intercom was steadily broadcasting announcements.

In January, drug regulators in France pulled a contraceptive by Bayer, called Diane 35, off the market because it was purported to cause blood clots and strokes.

Rockford, Mich- Did you know that 80% of strokes are preventable? Most often a stroke occurs when blood can't get to the brain because it is blocked by a clot.

Don "Babe" Weinberger and his wife, Eloise, wish they had known then what they know now: how to recognize a stroke.

When you walk inside the emergency room at Memorial Hospital of Union County, doctors and nurses are not the only ones making rounds.

Seven in 10 carers of stroke sufferers experience anxiety, 85 per cent are frustrated and 60 per cent are stressed.

New research shows the rate of Australians suffering from strokes has declined over the past two decades, despite an ageing population and rising obesity rate.

When a stroke hits, the clock starts ticking: If patients get the right treatment within the next few hours, it can make all the difference in their chances for recovery, says Dr.

Stroke is the No. 3 killer of Americans behind cancer in all forms and heart disease.

From the Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ; Department of Radiology, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, India ; Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ; and Department of Neurology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany .

Mayo Clinic cardiologist Dr. Stephen Kopecky says a daily dose of 81 milligrams of aspirinone baby aspirin - reduces the risk of heart attack for men and stroke for women.

It is important to know the causes and treatments for conditions such as sunburn, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke, because symptoms can escalate to a possible life-threatening situation.

Matt Fleming says cycling the Gardiner and Don Valley Parkway for the Heart and Stroke Foundation isn't a race - it's a joyride.

In a recent news release, the University of Kentucky announced that the National Institutes of Health has provided a research grant to Gregory Bix, MD, PhD, Paul G. Blazer J. Professor of Stroke Research in the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the UK departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Neurology, to further to the ... (more)

African-Americans know the signs of stroke but more interventions are needed to get them to call 911 since they are unfamiliar with the need to get immediate medical care to avoid death and disability, according to a University of Michigan study published Tuesday.

May 14, 2013. Patients with coronary artery disease who undergo treatment at the University of Maryland Medical Center now can receive long-term therapy based on information found in their genes.