How to control your cholesterol effectively to prevent heart attacks and strokes
Have you had your cholesterol checked? Most adults should have a cholesterol test every 4 to 6 years.
That’s because nearly 78 million American adults...
COVID-positive people have more severe strokes
In a new study, researchers found that among people who have strokes and COVID-19, there is a higher incidence of severe stroke as well...
College kid couldn’t shake headache – until other symptoms revealed a stroke
Soon after turning 21, Jacob York and his buddies from the University of Missouri were in Miami Beach, Florida, for spring break. They spent...
This discovery could lead to better treatment for strokes, cardiac arrest
In a new study from Massachusetts General Hospital, researchers found a mechanism that protects the brain from the effects of hypoxia, a potentially lethal...
Obsessive compulsive disorder linked to increased stroke risk later in life
Adults who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were more than three times as likely to have an ischemic stroke later in life compared to adults...
A Swim, a stroke and a show
“I was 8 years old, learning to swim, and the waves kept pummeling on top of me,” recalls Shutt, a Los Angeles resident and...
What a mini stroke is, and why you need to act FAST
Mollie McDermott, M.D., M.S., and Cemal Sozener, M.D., have much knowledge when it comes to identifying and treating a mini stroke, also known as...
Woman’s frozen face, garbled speech during Zoom call were signs of a stroke
At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, Dorothy Farris organized "Cocktails and Conversation," a weekly hourlong Zoom session with a group of...
Quickly finding – and treating – the cause of a stroke may prevent more
Identifying the cause of a stroke or mini-stroke within 48 hours could help pinpoint the treatment to help prevent additional strokes, new guidelines say.
The...
A stroke at 34 rocked her family’s world
Lisa Anderson shook her husband, Jacob, awake.
"I just got off the phone with the nurse," she told him. "She said I could have a...