Common Cause Of Stroke
Study: Stroke risk factors more common in whites
May 28, 2009
Expert & Community Posts
World Stroke Day: Ending Stroke through Education and Awareness
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...for granted only after it's almost lost? After my stroke in 2001, that's how I felt. When I... Read more »
Preventing a Stroke
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...episode and return to normal function, but even a small stroke will alter a whole life style.... Read more »
Headache Before Stroke More Common in Migraineurs
By Teri Robert , Health Expert...likely to experience a headache before the onset of a stroke than patients without Migraine... Read more »
Know the Signs and Symptoms of Stroke
By Deanne Stein , Health ExpertMay is American Stroke Month, a time when many organizations and medical groups work to build... 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 »
Health Guide
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 »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 »The Symptoms of Heart Attack and Stroke
...lightheadednessFeeling of indigestion Dizziness, weakness, and faintingAbdominal pain Signs of a StrokeCommon Symptoms: Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one... Read more »Stroke Patient Guide, Part I: Signs and Symptoms
At 3 a.m. the phone rings – it's the hospital calling to say that your brother has had a stroke. "Come quickly, it's serious". How can that be, you ask? Your brother is only 40 years old.... Read more »
Medications
...Clopidogrel is used to prevent heart attacks and strokes in persons with heart disease... Read more »
...widen. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks and kidney problems.... Read more »
...diabetes. It is also used to lower the risk of strokes in patients with high blood pressure... Read more »
...retains. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks and kidney... Read more »
...diabetes may also lessen your risk of a heart attack or stroke. How To Use Take this medication... Read more »
Related News
Program Improves Stroke Care
December 23, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Hospitals participating in a voluntary quality improvement program for stroke treatment comply better to national... Read summary »
Gene Increases Stroke Risk
April 02, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- For some people, its their genes, not clogged arteries, increasing their risk of having a stroke. Researchers followed 9,178... Read summary »
Preventing Stroke in Kids: Good and Bad News
April 22, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The good news is more children with a condition that puts them at risk for stroke are undergoing ultrasound screening. The bad... Read summary »
Exercise to Prevent Severe Strokes
October 30, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- People who are physically active before suffering a stroke may recover better and experience fewer problems compared to... Read summary »
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 »
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