What Area Of The Brain Is Affected By A Stroke
February Heart Month: Women's War on Stroke
On average, someone suffers a stroke every 45 seconds. Every 3.3 minutes, someone
dies of a stroke. Stroke is the leading diagnosis from hospital to long-term care.
Not a Woman's Disease?
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Heart Disease and Stroke kill over 12 times more women than breast cancer
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One in Two women die of heart disease or stroke (1 in 30 of breast cancer)
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About one-fourth of the women who have a stroke are under age 65
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More than 2 million women in the United States are living with the devastating ...
Expert & Community Posts
The Robotic Knee
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...speech, movement and memory. How a stroke patient is affected depends on where the stroke... Read more »
Preventing a Stroke
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...in the motor area, paralysis. The larger the area affected, the more the deficit. PreventionRisk... Read more »
Preventing Stroke with TCD Ultrasound
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...not exactly new but it is now being offered in our area to patients at risk for stroke. TCD is... Read more »
Stroke and Aphasia
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...when she would put a low electrical current in the affected areas of my face. It just woke up... Read more »
How Does Vascular Dementia Differ from Alzheimer's?
By Christine Kennard , Health Expert...Strokes can affect the cortical and sub-cortical areas of brain tissue, so symptoms tend to vary... Read more »
Health Guide
Stroke Patient Guide, Part I: Signs and Symptoms
...the primary causes of long-term disability in the United States. Four out of every 1,000 people are affected by strokes each year, and there are over 4,000,000 stroke survivors alive at this... Read more »Stroke Patient Guide, Part II: Diagnosis
...make the difference between life and death. Your treatment will hopefully restore blood flow to the affected area of the brain, stabilize your condition and ensure that increased... Read more »Hormone Therapy's Effects on Brain
...They found women who had taken estrogen with or without progestin had smaller brain volumes in two areas of the brain than the women who had taken a placebo. Brain volume was 2.37 cubic... Read more »Three Most Prominent Vascular Diseases
...AneurysmAbdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) is an enlargement or “bulge” that develops in a weakened area within the largest artery in the abdomen. The pressure generated by each heartbeat pushes... Read more »Types of Dementia
...is a dementia that is caused by series of mild strokes (infarcts). Numerous areas of the brain are affected. Like AD, memory loss tends to the first sign. Later, there is a decline in the... Read more »Images
Image and description of a cerebral aneurysm... Read more »
Related News
Hormone Therapy Linked to Brain Shrinkage but Not Stroke
January 20, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Two new studies offer insight into the side effects of hormone therapy. Researchers discovered taking estrogen may cause the... Read summary »
High Blood Pressure Linked to Memory Problems in Middle Age
September 07, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? High blood pressure is linked to memory problems in people over 45, according to a new study. The study found that people with... 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 »
How the Brain Recovers from Stroke
June 25, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) There is a new "HUMMR" on the block. It is smaller than its automotive counterpart, but no less powerful. Scientists at the... Read summary »
Estrogen Therapy Depends on Timing
June 26, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) A new animal study on estrogen therapy finds it may help the brain, depending on the timing. Researchers found estrogen therapy... Read summary »
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