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Monday, October, 26, 2009

What Is The Cause For The Stroke Disease

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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Get Your Facts Straight About Stroke
By Cleo Hutton , Health Expert

No one wants to think about being at risk for stroke. Some people imagine the worst scenario when... 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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Preventing a Stroke
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

...episode and return to normal function, but even a small stroke will alter a whole life style.... Read more »

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Black History Month promotes stroke awareness among African Americans
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert

...the greatest threats to African Americans, which is stroke. I spoke to a civic group about this... Read more »

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Cholesterol, Stroke, and Statins: Is there a paradox?
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...clear association exists between high cholesterol and stroke.   A recent analysis looked at... 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 »
Carotid Artery Disease
Baby boomers and seniors can take steps to reduce their chances of having a stroke, the third leading cause of death in the U.S. Strokes occur in 700,000 Americans each year, with nearly 157,000... 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

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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 »

Experts Take Step Toward National Heart Disease Surveillance
April 06, 2009

By Kirsten Houmann, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has started... Read summary »