Stroke Disease
Get Your Facts Straight About Stroke
No one wants to think about being at risk for stroke. Some people imagine the worst scenario when hearing the word "stroke." But education is a key factor in preventing a stroke from occurring in your life. Let's talk about facts.
Stroke is not a disease.
Stroke strikes the brain.
When brain cells die it is permanent.
Stroke happens when a blood vessel bursts (hemorrhagic) or a blood vessel becomes clogged and blood flow to part of the brain is stopped (ischemic).
Stroke may happe...
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Expert & Community Posts
February Heart Month: Women's War on Stroke
By Cleo Hutton , Health ExpertOn average, someone suffers a stroke every 45 seconds. Every 3.3 minutes, someone dies of a... Read more »
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 »
More Research Links Migraine With Aura and Stroke in Women
By Teri Robert , Health Expert...years, studies have been released about Migraine and stroke risk, and Migraine and... Read more »
Stroke Symptoms in Children
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...While she’ll only hear stories of her mother’s stroke, my son, being 7 years-old at the... 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 »
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 »Migraine and Stroke Risk
...me warn that Migraine disease, especially with prolonged Migraine attacks, increases our risk of stroke. MAGNUM, the National Migraine Association, has taken this position for several years as... Read more »Mid-Life Stroke More Common in Women than Men
Many Migraineurs have become aware that having Migraine disease increases our risk of stroke. In women with Migraine, there is an average of 2.16 times greater risk of stroke. An increase in... Read more »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 »
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 »
Related News
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 »
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 »
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 »
Drugs Benefit Older Stroke Patients
September 15, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- People over the age of 65 can benefit from cholesterol lowering drugs following a stroke or mini-stroke, according to a new... Read summary »
Why Exercise is Good for Your Heart
December 04, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) Oct. 23, 2007 -- New research lays out the science behind the effect exercise has on a person's cardiovascular risk. Researchers... Read summary »
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