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Monday, October, 26, 2009

The Stroke

Study: Cholesterol meds prevent second stroke

May 27, 2009
A new 10-year study has found that taking a cholesterol-lowering statin after a stroke reduces the risk of a second stroke. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Stroke Heroes: Send Us Your Stories
By Cleo Hutton , Health Expert

  We would like to hear your stories of stroke recovery. It can be journal writing, poetry, essay,... Read more »

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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 »

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February Heart Month: Women's War on Stroke
By Cleo Hutton , Health Expert

On average, someone suffers a stroke every 45 seconds. Every 3.3 minutes, someone dies of a... Read more »

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May is National Stroke Awareness Month
By Cleo Hutton , Health Expert

STROKE: From Patient to Person AgainAfter a stroke, how do we put the pieces of our lives back... Read more »

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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 »

Health Guide

More Research Links Migraine With Aura and Stroke in Women
...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. What we know… Migraine and stroke... Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »

Medications

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...Clopidogrel is used to prevent heart attacks and strokes in persons with heart disease... Read more »

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...diabetes. It is also used to lower the risk of strokes in patients with high blood pressure... Read more »

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...widen. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks and kidney problems.... Read more »

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...diabetes may also lessen your risk of a heart attack or stroke. Chlorpropamide belongs to the... Read more »

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...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 »

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 »

GI Bleeding Linked to Stroke Deaths
August 11, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new finding may improve the prognosis of stroke patients. In a recent study involving patients who had suffered ischemic... Read summary »