Symtoms Of A Stroke
Even mild strokes may do harm
March 05, 2009
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 »
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 »
May is National Stroke Awareness Month
By Cleo Hutton , Health ExpertSTROKE: From Patient to Person AgainAfter a stroke, how do we put the pieces of our lives back... 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 »
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 »
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 »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 »
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
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 »
New Stroke Treatment Has Immediate Effects
March 12, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) A new treatment for stroke may buy patients time. Researchers from Israel have found patients treated with the drug minocycline... Read summary »
Predicting Stroke Risk After TIA
February 06, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- If you've had a transient ischemic attack, what doctors commonly call a mini-stroke or TIA, you know you are at higher risk of... Read summary »
Ultrasound Predicts Heart Attacks?
August 20, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new application for the widely used ultrasound imaging technology is showing promise in identifying people at high risk for... Read summary »
Deadly Type Of Stroke Targets Mexican Americans and Women
June 17, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) It often begins as a "thunderclap" headache. It's been described as the "the worst headache of a person's life." In many cases... Read summary »
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