Can you avoid a stroke?
Knowledge on stroke risk factors, following your neurologists’ recommendations and adopting a healthy lifestyle are the best steps you...
Stroke in Women
According to studies, an estimated one in five American women will have a stroke, and nearly 60 percent will die from the attack. Stroke...
Stroke & Aneurysm : Is there a difference?
Both a stroke and an aneurysm that bursts can come on suddenly without any warning. The symptoms will vary. The kind of emergency...
Are you at risk of a stroke?
Who are at risk of getting a stroke? A stroke is what happens when blood flow to part of the brain is interrupted. The result is oxygen...
Too young for a stroke right?
A stroke is most of the time considered to be an older person's disease, but an estimated 10% of stroke patients are younger than 50....
Stroke is definitely a medical emergency
Stroke is a "Brain attack". It occurs when the blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted or severely reduced, depriving brain...
Hypertension & Brain Damage
High blood pressure (hypertension) can quietly damage your body for years before symptoms develop. Left uncontrolled, you may wind up...
First Aid during Stroke or Brain Attack
A stroke occurs when there’s bleeding into your brain or when normal blood flow to your brain is blocked. Within minutes of being...
Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke?
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a type of irregular heartbeat, often caused when the two upper chambers of the heart beat unpredictably and...
