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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 the March 4, 2008, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, psychological distress, but not depression, may increase the risk of stroke.
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Depression Not Linked to Increased Risk of Stroke
By Teri Robert , Health Expert...who also experience depression and the increased stroke risk that Migraine presents, I thought... Read more »
My Stroke Anniversary: Sixteen Years of Survival
By Cleo Hutton , Health Expert...anniversary. It has been sixteen years since the stroke on June 9, 1992. It is a time to assess... Read more »
10/8/07 #2 - Does Migraine put me at a greater risk for stroke?
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert...Ocular, Optical, and Opthalmic Migraines for more information on "occular" Migraines. Migraine... Read more »
More Research Links Migraine With Aura and Stroke in Women
By Teri Robert , Health Expert...cardiovascular disease in both women and men. To all of this information, we can now add... Read more »
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By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...http://www.gkindia.com/therapies/hydrotherapy.htm ... Read more »
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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 »More Research Links Migraine With Aura and Stroke in Women
...Migraine and stroke risk, and Migraine and cardiovascular disease in both women and men. To all of this information, we can now add information from the Stroke Prevention in Young Women Study. ... Read more »What Is A Stroke?
New Prevention GuidelinesIn 2006, the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association released updated guidelines for preventing a second stroke among patients who have... Read more »Migraine and Stroke Risk
...have and what lifestyle modifications you can make to help prevent strokes. You can also find helpful information about stroke prevention at the web site of the American Stroke Association.... Read more »Stroke Information
...of the cerebrum.A reduction of, or disruption in, blood flow to the brain is the primary cause of a stroke. Blockage for even a short period of time can be disastrous and cause brain damage or... Read more »
Medications
...from your diet. How To Use Read the Patient Information Leaflet provided by your ... Read more »
...Clopidogrel is used to prevent heart attacks and strokes in persons with heart disease... Read more »
...easily. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney... Read more »
...stomach/intestines absorb. How To Use Read the Patient Information Leaflet if available from... Read more »
...heart attack or stroke. How To Use Read the Patient Information Leaflet available from your... Read more »
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