High in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, these six healthy foods can help keep blood flowing freely in your brain.

The recently published results of the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) trial [1] showed that high-dose statin therapy could significantly reduce the risk of ...

Learn the signs of heat exhaustion, heat stroke, heat cramps and dehydration. Find prevention tips, treatment advice and answers to common heat illness questions.

The monsoon offers some relief from the scorching summer heat, but it also brings with it a host of unseen health risks. TheHealthSite.com ...

Healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as good nutrition, smoking cessation and being physically active, along with routine health screenings and managing risk factors for cardiovascular disease and stroke ...

The American Stroke Association (ASA) has issued an updated guideline for primary stroke prevention. The first update in a decade, the 2024 Guideline for the Primary Prevention of Stroke, replaces the ...

For the first time in history, stroke-prevention guidelines have been released for women. And there is a good reason why we're being singled out. More than half of the 795,000 strokes that happen in ...

Stroke is a life threatening medical emergency for which there are several modifiable risk factors. Individuals who want to reduce the likelihood of suffering a stroke may benefit from taking these ...

Erin Adelekun was 38 when she had a stroke, just nine days after giving birth to her daughter in 2020. It all started with a headache, which had been about a 2 on a scale of 1 to 10 when she was ...

Stroke during pregnancy or shortly after delivery is rare, yet it can be life-threatening. Increased awareness and coordinated care of women during pregnancy for stroke risk factors, diagnosis, ...

Scientists have discovered that a common type of stroke may have a very different cause than doctors once thought. Instead of fatty plaque clogging arteries, the strongest link was found with enlarged ...

New research suggests that the most common type of stroke may have a very different origin than doctors long assumed, ...