FRIDAY, Oct. 2, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — Belinda Zuniga was searching the classified ads for job notices 14 years ago when a single word caught her attention: stroke. Her grandmother had just had one. “We had so many questions. Her stroke really disabled her,” said Zuniga, a certified nursing assistant. She jumped at… Read More »
By Clare Wilson Deaths due to stroke are on the decline in south LondonWildPixel/Getty Images Strokes are becoming less deadly, at least in one part of the UK. Rates of death and disability caused by a stroke have dropped by nearly a quarter in the past sixteen years in south London. The change is probably… Read More »
Interrelated aspects of the physical — as high blood pressure usually has no symptoms people often don’t know they have it. Early intervention can help prevent problems – skip the search form if you do not want to read it as the next section. The following page sections include static unchanging site components such as… Read More »
Eating a meat-free diet lowers the risk of heart disease but raises the risk of stroke, a major study suggests. The research, published in the British Medical Journal, looked at 48,000 people for up to 18 years. The vegans and vegetarians had 10 fewer cases of coronary heart disease per 1,000 people compared with the… Read More »
Researchers turn to an ancient species of fish in a bid to find a better way of delivering therapeutic drugs into the brain to treat conditions and events ranging from cancer to stroke. Lampreys (pictured above) may help boost brain therapies.Image credit: T. Lawrence, Great Lakes Fishery Commission Lampreys are one of the oldest surviving… Read More »