Topic: Stroke
People with occasional spikes in their blood pressure could be at higher risk of having a stroke than those with regularly high blood pressure, new studies said Friday. In four articles published in the medical journals Lancet and Lancet Neurology, European researchers suggest current guidelines for treating ...
If you are concerned about your health in general, you may want to pour yourself a cup of Joe as you read this information. Recent studies have shown that drinking a minimum of 2 cups of coffee on a daily basis lowers the risk of stroke in women who are non-smokers. The women within this study were generally healthy, and ...
Strokes are not just an affliction of people who are older. Data from Ohio and Kentucky presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2010 show more young people are having strokes while older people are having fewer. The average age of stroke patients in 2005 was nearly three years younger than it was ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have had an attack of shingles involving the eyes may have a heightened risk of stroke for a year afterward, a study published Wednesday suggests. Shingles is a painful condition caused by a reactivation of the virus that causes chickenpox, known as varicella-zoster virus. Once a person has had chickenpox, the virus goes into ...
