CHANGES ARE, YOU know someone who's had a stroke. As diseases go, stroke is the third-leading killer of men in the United States, behind heart disease and cancer. This year, 700,000 Americans will have one, and a fourth of those will die. Another third will be permanently disabled. ...
Your brain needs oxygen to work properly, and your arteries bring oxygen-rich blood to your brain. A stroke happens when blood flow to the brain gets blocked or a blood vessel bursts. Then part of your brain can’t get the oxygen it needs, and brain cells become damaged or die. Experts...
Stroke, sudden impairment of brain function resulting from a substantial reduction in blood flow to some part of the brain or from intracranial bleeding. The consequences of stroke may include transient or lasting paralysis, difficulties in speaking or e
Worldwide, women have a slightly higher lifetime risk of stroke than men do. Women also are more likely to die from them, largely because they tend to have more severe strokes later in life. They also are more likely to be misdiagnosed when they seek emergency treatment for stroke symptom...
that occur in menopause; beginning in the 1980s progestins were added to reduce the risk of uterine cancer. Although ERT eases hot flashes and other physical changes and appears to decrease the risk of osteoporosis, it has been linked to increases inbreast cancer, heart disease, and stroke. ...
Although a relationship between depression and cardiovascular events has been suggested, past study results regarding the risk of stroke in relation to depression by subgroups are ambiguous. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of depressive symptoms on risk of incident ischemic ...
Prostatic disorder, any of the abnormalities and diseases that afflict the prostate gland in the male reproductive system. The prostate gland is dependent on the hormonal secretions of the testes for growth and development. When production of the male ho
Signs of a Stroke The F.A.S.T. test was designed in 1998 to help ambulance staff in the United Kingdom quickly assess stroke. It takes into account the most common symptoms of stroke and is designed to help quickly assess a stroke with very little training. ...
Signs of a Stroke The F.A.S.T. test was designed in 1998 to help ambulance staff in the United Kingdom quickly assess stroke. It takes into account the most common symptoms of stroke and is designed to help quickly assess a stroke with very little training. ...
or the whole mouth accompanied by other symptoms like a bad taste in the mouth or bad breath but without any visible symptoms of irritation. According to the research,burning tongueeffects on women 7 times more than men and commonly occurs in those after the age of 60 or sometimes in younge...