One out of every eight strokes is preceded by a “warning stroke,” which is a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or mild stroke, according to research published in journal Neurology®.
“These results illustrate the need for better risk assessment tools for preventing strokes before they occur,” said study author Daniel G. Hackam, MD, PhD, of the University [...]

As the Obama administration begins the important task of reinventing the American health care system, this study points to another hole in current USA health care and the need for more regionalized emergency care options.
Although most Americans live close to some type of emergency room, as many as one in four Americans are more than [...]

People who lead unhealthy lifestyles are more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke than those who eat and drink sensibly, don’t smoke, and take regular exercise, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal
There is good evidence to suggest that lifestyle behaviours like smoking, physical activity and diet can influence the risk [...]

Studies with mice suggest daily dose of the herbal remedy ginkgo may prevent brain cell damage after a stroke.
Working with genetically engineered mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that daily doses of a standardized extract from the leaves of the natural remedy ginkgo tree can prevent or reduce brain damage after an induced stroke.
Ginkgo [...]

All types of antipsychotic drugs increase the risk of stroke
All drugs used to treat psychosis are linked to an increased risk of stroke, and dementia sufferers are at double the risk, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.
Concerns about an increased risk of stroke among people taking atypical antipsychotic drugs were first [...]

According to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, older women taking the drug tibolone to relieve menopausal symptoms have an increase their risk of stroke.  The drug used by women 60 and older say researchers.
After 34 months into a study of the HRT drug tibolone researches found that older women [...]

After a stroke, even unaffected areas of the brain are at risk – depolarization waves arise at the edges of the dead tissue and spread through the adjacent areas of the brain. If these waves are repeated, more cells die. This has previously been observed only in animal studies.
 
A clinical study at the university hospitals [...]

Well, an interesting link between the more financially affluent and secure amongst us and a lesser risk of stroke, the many times diabling and deadly occurrence where a vessel breaks in the brain and oxygen is temporarily cut off.  I’m not really sure how exactly this link was determined, and I do sometimes wonder how [...]