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A safer option to prevent heart attacks and strokes than aspirin

Heart health is a major concern for millions of people worldwide, and finding safer ways to prevent heart attacks and strokes is a top...

50% of people with this heart issue will get heart attack, stroke

In the UK, atrial fibrillation (AF) has become a major focus of medical research, as it affects a large number of people. AF is...

Stroke linked to faster long-term cognitive decline, study finds

New research from the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) has revealed that older adults who experience a stroke for the first time are...

Hours after a massive stroke, 39-year-old was talking and moving

For a week or so, Ashley Lunardini felt an intermittent pain in her neck. She also had a dull headache that wouldn't go away....

New headband device could revolutionize stroke risk detection

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed an innovative, noninvasive device that could...

Drinking coffee this way may prevent heart disease, stroke

A recent study from researchers at Semmelweis University brings some encouraging news for coffee enthusiasts. According to their findings, drinking up to three cups...

This blood pressure number may predict stroke in older people

In a recent study, scientists at the University of Miami set out to explore an important question: How does our blood pressure affect our...

Scientists find new stroke treatment

For many years, scientists believed that the left and right sides of the body were controlled by the opposite sides of the brain. If you...

Family, faith and therapy helped her recover from cardiac arrest, triple bypass and stroke

Staying fit was important to Linda Griffin, especially after she was diagnosed with high blood pressure. That came after the birth of her third...

9 weeks after giving birth, former Chicago Bulls dancer had a stroke

As a captain of the Chicago Luvabull dancers in the late 1990s, Natalie Poli gasped for air after performing elaborate dances on the basketball...