A stroke is an injury to the brain caused by an interruption in blood flow from a vessel blockage, blood clot or vessel ...

Regular health check-ups, controlling risk factors like hypertension, smoking, and high cholesterol, and lifestyle changes can prevent strokes.

A stroke can be a life threatening event, so arm yourself with the knowledge of how to recognise when someone is having one ...

occurrence of symptoms and signs corresponding to the involvement of focal areas in the brain" (Goldstein, Barnett, et al.,1989, p. 1412). The two main types of stroke are ischemic and hemorrhagic ...

and therefore the symptoms appeared and disappeared within minutes,” he said. “Patients who have have a TIA, a transient ...

Dementia is the umbrella term for all kinds of conditions associated with memory loss of which Alzheimer’s disease is the ...

The history should first identify the patient's demographics (age, sex, and race), and then the time of the patient's last normal neurologic examination, symptoms ... stroke and localize the ...

The NHS campaign is an update of the Act FAST initiative - Face, Arms, Speech, Time - which teaches people to look for warning signs of a ... to recognise the symptoms of stroke in themselves ...

Usually when people are lacking focus, they zone out, which is very common, and usually associated with distractions of being ...

The NHS has issued an urgent warning to “call 999” if you spot one of three symptoms in a ... There are other signs that you or someone else is having a stroke. These include: Weakness or ...

Moreover, recent surveys involving 2,001 adults in England showed alarming misconceptions about stroke symptoms; 57 percent wrongly believe that two or three signs should be present before ...