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Monday, October, 26, 2009

Types Of Cerebrovascular Accident

Health Encyclopedia: Headaches: Cluster Introduction

Introduction


Most people are familiar with headaches, the all too common affliction marked by throbbing, piercing, or vise-like pain around much or a part of the head. There are many different kinds of headaches, and they range from being an infrequent annoyance to a persistent, severe, and disabling medical condition.

The brain itself is insensitive to pain, so that is not what hurts when a headache arises. Rather, the pain occurs in the following locations:

  • The tissues covering the brain
  • The attac...
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Health Guide

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 »
Headaches: Tension: Introduction
...Secondary headaches are caused by other medical conditions, such as sinus infections, neck injuries, and strokes. About 2% of headaches are secondary to abnormalities or infections in the nasal or... 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 »
Symptoms of Stroke
People at risk and partners or caretakers of people at risk for stroke should be aware of the general symptoms. The stroke victim should get to the hospital as soon as possible after these... Read more »
Stroke Risk Factors: Heart Disease and Stroke
New or recurrent strokes affect about 700,000 Americans every year. Although incidence of stroke has increased, more people are surviving stroke, and the death rate is declining. While... Read more »

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