High school football player tackles stroke, heart condition
On a morning this past February, 16-year-old Carson Cathey got up, went downstairs and scarfed down a donut and glass of milk.
His father, Patrick,...
Stroke at 39 left college professor unable to speak
A few months before her 39th birthday, Sherry Pinkstaff challenged herself to run for at least 15 minutes every morning – and she did,...
These diets helped women with diabetes cut heart attack, stroke risk
Eating patterns similar to the Mediterranean diet and the blood pressure-lowering DASH may help older women with Type 2 diabetes ward off heart attacks,...
After diabetes, stroke and heart attack, she’s learning to ‘fight smart’
Hyvelle Ferguson-Davis was reviewing paperwork at her office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, when the headache started.
It grew stronger and stronger and her eyes blurred,...
This cholesterol in body can predict stroke, heart attack effectively
In a recent study published in the European Heart Journal, researchers found that so-called “remnant cholesterol” (RC) provides an accurate stand-alone metric—just as doctors...
This study confirms a strong link between COVID and stroke
Ever since the coronavirus became a widespread global pandemic, medical researchers have sought to understand how the virus impacts other medical ailments, especially neurological...
Doing this after stroke is critical for long-term survival
In a new study from Monash University, researchers emphasize how critical it is for survivors of first-time stroke to take medications on an ongoing...
Physical activity is helpful after a stroke, but how much is healthy?
Jeff Vallance jump-started every day with a 4-mile run. It woke him up and kept him feeling fit. As an expert in chronic disease...
After heart attack, mini-stroke and stroke, survivor has some advice
Andy Beal woke up at 4 a.m. and went to the bathroom as he'd done hundreds of times before. This time, though, the 44-year-old...
Since her stroke, her Southern drawl turned into a foreign accent
Most people Pamela Anderson Bowen meets wonder about her accent. Sometimes they try to guess the origin. Maybe Russia? What about Sweden?
"I'm from here,"...