Cause Of A Stroke
Ask the Expert: What exactly is a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and has it been known to cause stroke?
The chambers of the heart form before the child is born. Before birth the infantile circulation must pass through the placenta of the mother, as the infant is not yet breathing. As the time of childbirth nears, the infantile circulation prepares for the outside world by slowly closing the connections to the mother that include the ductus arterio...
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Expert & Community Posts
A Lifetime of Stress Could Be a Precursor to Stroke
By Cleo Hutton , Health ExpertWhether stress is a cause of stroke is an ongoing debate. However, today, stress is only considered... Read more »
04/30/07 #8 - Hemiplegic Migraine and stroke?
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert...sometimes be found during the course of a workup for the cause of a stroke. There are a number... Read more »
Cholesterol, Stroke, and Statins: Is there a paradox?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...clear association exists between high cholesterol and stroke. A recent analysis looked at... Read more »
Stroke and Depression: Learn the Signs and How to Work through Them
By Cleo Hutton , Health Expert...Depression is a side dish to a heaping helping of stroke on the menu of life. They go together... Read more »
High Blood Pressure and Stroke: How Does One Effect the Other?
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health ExpertMuch like heart attacks, strokes are due to a decreased blood flow through an artery. In a matter... Read more »
Health Guide
Carotid Artery Disease
Baby boomers and seniors can take steps to reduce their chances of having a stroke, the third leading cause of death in the U.S. Strokes occur in 700,000 Americans each year, with nearly 157,000... Read more »More Research Links Migraine With Aura and Stroke in Women
In the last few years, studies have been released about Migraine and stroke risk, and Migraine and cardiovascular disease in both women and men. To all of this information, we can now add information... Read more »Three Most Prominent Vascular Diseases
...The only way to break this cycle is to find the AAA before it ruptures. Carotid Artery Disease - StrokeCarotid arteries occur when the main blood vessels to the brain develop a buildup of... Read more »Headache Before Stroke More Common in Migraineurs
"Headache is a common clinical symptom preceding or accompanying stroke, and migraine patients have a greater probability of complaining of headache, often with migraine-like features, before... Read more »Depression Not Linked to Increased Risk of Stroke
Studies have shown that stroke often leads to depression, but the evidence from those studies has been mixed as to whether depression could lead to stroke. Now, according to a study published in... Read more »
Medications
...Clopidogrel is used to prevent heart attacks and strokes in persons with heart disease... Read more »
...diabetes. It is also used to lower the risk of strokes in patients with high blood pressure... Read more »
...widen. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks and kidney problems.... Read more »
...diabetes may also lessen your risk of a heart attack or stroke. Chlorpropamide belongs to the... Read more »
...diabetes may also lessen your risk of a heart attack or stroke. How To Use Take this medication... Read more »
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Preventing Stroke in Kids with Sickle Cell
December 12, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A technique used to prevent stroke in children with sickle cell disease reduced stroke incidence by 90 percent. Transcranial... Read summary »
Experts Take Step Toward National Heart Disease Surveillance
April 06, 2009By Kirsten Houmann, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has started... Read summary »
More Time for Stroke Victims
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Protecting Brains After Stroke
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Lucentis raises stroke risk, NYT says
October 02, 2008Lucentis, a medication used to treat macular degeneration in the elderly, may increase a person's risk of having a stroke. A report in the New York... Read summary »
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