She added, “I want to help raise awareness about young people having strokes and also I want to help young people to find a way to be able to be independent. As for me, this has always been my main goal: to be independent.” 1. What is the after-effect of Chiara’s stroke? A...
Surprisingly, 10 to 15 percent of strokes happen in people under age 45. Also scary: 1 in 7 is misdiagnosed as a less serious medical condition, like vertigo. No matter how old you are, use FAST to remember the classic warning signs. FACE Does one side of your face droop? Can you ...
Stroke is the second leading cause of death above the age of 60 years, and the fifth leading cause in people aged 15 to 59 years old as reported by the World Health Organization global burden of diseases. Stroke in the young is particularly tra
Stroke is the second leading cause of death above the age of 60 years, and the fifth leading cause in people aged 15 to 59 years old as reported by the World Health Organization global burden of diseases. Stroke in the young is particularly tragic because of the potential to create long-...
The reality of it is, unless you are exposed to people of different genders, it’s almost something in the background that is not given any thought. One of the things I truly appreciated about this book was the acceptance Silas found. In a little school of horrors, in a world where ...
When we think of someone having a stroke, we tend to think of it only happening to older people. However, experts say an increasing number of strokes are occurring in individuals between 18 and 50 years old. Stroke occurs in one of two situations, either a blood clot in the brain or bl...
And I didn't have a family history of strokes, although I've since learned that I do have a patent foramen ovale, a small hole between two chambers of my heart, which is more common among people around my age who have strokes. My doctors have never pinpointed exactly why the stroke ...
Finally, theopioid epidemicmay be a culprit in some strokes among the young. Opioid addiction can leave evenyoung peoplevulnerable to a stroke-related heart condition called infective endocarditis, the researchers noted. Reducing any of these risk factors is crucial to bringing stroke numbers down ag...
so the difference of just a few strokes could have an outsized impact on the risk estimates," Mikkola said. "Also, BMI relies solely on a person's height and weight. Therefore, a high BMI may be a misleading way to define obesity, especially in muscular people who may carry little fat...
Arteriovenous malformations, the most common cause of strokes in children and young adults, are sometimes left untreated, but a sweeping new study strongly suggests that is generally a mistake.