How to prevent recurrent strokes of unknow causes
A significant number of stroke patients are at risk of a second stroke due to undiagnosed atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm disorder, according to...
Fitness can lower your risk of heart disease and strokes
Could a good treadmill session not only keep you fit but also protect your heart? A recent study involving over 15,000 people says yes.
The...
Her heart stopped during a procedure to treat her stroke
Holly Page was having a great day. She got her hair done, then enjoyed a long dinner catching up with friend Lisa Stillings. They...
Her heart stopped during a procedure to treat her stroke
Holly Page was having a great day. She got her hair done, then enjoyed a long dinner catching up with friend Lisa Stillings.
They were...
A lifetime of challenges – including a spinal stroke – leads dancer to infinite...
As a Japanese American girl growing up in Irvine, California, Marisa Hamamoto felt like an outsider in her predominantly white community.
Her schoolmates picked on...
Research finds a better high blood pressure treatment for stroke patients
When a person suffers from a stroke, the stoppage of blood flow to the brain leads to cell death, making it a life-threatening event.
Interestingly,...
Heart attack survivors may need to take aspirin to avoid a new heart attack...
New research presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2023 suggests that heart attack patients who do not consistently take aspirin face...
Fitness lowers risk of common heart issue and stroke
Atrial fibrillation is a common heart problem that messes up the natural rhythm of your heart.
Over 40 million people around the world have it,...
AI-based protein score can predict heart disease, stroke
Scientists from deCODE genetics, in collaboration with researchers from the United States, Denmark, and Iceland, have developed a protein score capable of predicting major...
Thanks to his wife’s quick reaction, postal worker fully recovered from a stroke
Levan Singletary's alarm buzzed at 5:15 a.m., telling him to move the car for street sweeping.
It was dark when Singletary, who goes by "Van,"...