Depression after stroke can affect health for a decade
People who experience depression after a stroke may face serious health risks for up to a decade, according to a new study from King's...
Fatigue can last up to one year after a mini-stroke
A transient ischemic attack (TIA), often called a mini-stroke, is a temporary blockage of blood flow to the brain that typically causes symptoms like...
How bilingual brains recover from stroke and language loss
When you speak, your brain is hard at work. Different parts of your brain activate to help you understand words, make sense of their...
She had a stroke while training for a half-marathon. Then came breast cancer. Now...
To prepare for her first half-marathon, Kandi Schmitz signed up for a 5K run. Six friends and family members decided to join her.
The race...
Lowering this blood pressure number may protect brain from dementia, stroke
Scientists at the University of Miami have discovered that the lower number in a blood pressure reading—called diastolic blood pressure—may hold important clues about...
Higher lipoprotein(a) levels linked to heart attack and stroke
The Family Heart Foundation recently released findings from the largest study ever conducted on people living with cardiovascular disease who had their lipoprotein(a) levels,...
Why lower cholesterol isn’t always better for stroke prevention
Cholesterol often gets a bad name, especially when it comes to heart health. We’ve been told that high cholesterol, especially the “bad” kind called...
New blood test could prevent heart attack and stroke effectively
A low-cost blood test that measures a protein called troponin could dramatically improve the ability to predict heart attacks and strokes years before they...
Stroke in young people is not that rare, says stroke specialist
People typically think of stroke as an elderly person's ailment. Stroke risk does increase by age, but young adults (ages 18–55) can have strokes,...
A colleague found her on the floor. She’d had a rare, often fatal stroke.
Sitting at her desk in the office of the Vassar College film department in Poughkeepsie, New York, Jodi Hammell pulled out the southwestern salad...