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Serene Branson may have suffered stroke on air

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:42:58 +0000

CBS news reporter Serene Branson was taken to the hospital last night after showing signs of a possible stroke. While reporting on the Grammys from LA, she became unable to pronounce words properly, releasing a string of unintelligible sounds...

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Beau Biden suffers stroke

Wed, 12 May 2010 11:47:07 +0000

Delaware Attorney General (and son of VP Joe Biden) Beau Biden, 41, checked himself into a hospital yesterday morning with a headache. The cause was mild stroke, doctors say, and he is expected to recover fully.

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Red wine protects against stroke in mice

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:59:57 +0000

A glass of red wine a day could keep the stroke away -- at least in mice, according to a new study published in the journal Experimental Neurology.

Researchers at the John Hopkins Medical Institute induced stroke in mice by cutting off blood supply, and found that those fed a modest dose of resveratrol -- a compound found in the skin and seeds of grapes -- two hours beforehand suffered significantly less brain damage than mice not given the compound.

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Bret Michaels in Critical Condition

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:09:16 +0000

You've probably heard by now that Poison frontman and reality TV star Bret Michaels was admitted to the hospital on April 22 with complaints of a severe headache. Doctors found bleeding in his brainstem and Michaels was diagnosed with subarachnoid hemorrhage, or bleeding in the area between the brain and the thin tissues that cover the brain.

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Study finds walking decreases risk of stroke in women

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:08:58 +0000

A recent study published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke found that women who walked regularly had a decreased risk of stroke.

Women who said they walked briskly had a 37% lower risk of stroke than those who didn't walk. Women who reported walking at least two hours a week at any pace had a 30 percent lower risk.

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Fever and Acute Stroke - A Bad Combination

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:46:10 +0000

Though many people don't know it, the brain is fairly resilient and it is often able to bounce back relatively well� after a stroke.�� I have seen people recover to near-normal shape from extensive strokes ,and even from other forms of severe brain damage.� Multiple factors can speed recovery, including adequate rehabilitation, nutrition, and prompt treatments. However, in-hospital complications after stroke can also slow down and sometimes even halt recovery.

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Exercise for a Better Brain

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:27:16 +0000

After a stroke many people complain that their brain capacity is just "not the same". They simply aren't as "quick witted as they used to be", and they forget names more easily. Though there is no miracle cure for that feeling of slow mental function, and NO medicines that can help, there is one thing you can do to sharpen your mind: Exercise. Yes, plane old exercise will surely make your brain work better.

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Stroke Hospitals Offer Better Care for TIA patients

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:15:14 +0000

By definition a TIA is a brief episode of a given neurological abnormality that resolves on its own, and by definition, TIA sufferers recover completely within a few minutes (or a few hours, at the most). No big deal then, right? Actually this is a big, big deal as the studies have shown over and over again that a TIA is a warning sign that a stroke is about to happen. And the problem is that patients and many medical professionals fail to acknowledge the significance of the event.

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Stroke and Pregnancy

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:45:07 +0000

Stroke in pregnancy is an extremely rare event. However, when it occurs, it does in the context of high blood pressure, sinus thrombosis, or reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS). ...

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Intracranial Stent Complication Risk Factors

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:57:33 +0000

When a blood vessel becomes narrow due to atherosclerosis, doctors sometimes can re-open it by performing an endovascular procedure in which a "stent", a small metal device, is placed in ...

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