Symptoms Before A Stroke
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May 27, 2009
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Second Strokes
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...bad, most of the time, I feel like I never had my stroke. My right arm gets tired from time to... 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 »
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 »
Stroke Heroes: Send Us Your Stories
By Cleo Hutton , Health ExpertWe would like to hear your stories of stroke recovery. It can be journal writing, poetry, essay,... Read more »
Health Guide
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 »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 »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
More Time for Stroke Victims
June 19, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Stroke victims have a longer window to get life-saving treatment than originally thought, according to researchers. A new... Read summary »
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 »
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: 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 »
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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