Stroke

Stroke Warning Signs

It happened so fast. Sharon Brooks, co-owner of the trendy but now-defunct Hamburger Mary’s restaurant in San Francisco, was ringing out the cash register and

How Well Do You Know Your Numbers?

If you’ve been diagnosed with a major illness — like heart disease, diabetes, heart failure, cancer, or asthma — you’ve probably already done a lot

Caregiving After a Stroke (Part 2)

Stroke survivors often feel as though they’re lost in an alien landscape. Words can lose their meaning, familiar places and objects can become bewildering, and

Caregiving After a Stroke: (Part 1)

It was more than a decade ago when Shawna Lee stepped into the sun room of her parents’ house in Champaign, Illinois, and found her

Depression and High Blood Pressure

Can depression and anxiety help cause hypertension? You don’t need to measure your blood pressure to know that a heated argument or a walk down

Preventing Strokes

You’ve heard about the importance of a heart-healthy lifestyle. You might even have one. But have you given much thought to your brain? Every year,

Walking After a Stroke: (Part 1)

Within minutes, a stroke can ravage your brain, potentially robbing you of a world of skills that, until now, you’ve taken entirely for granted. Among

Making Walking Safer for Stroke Patients

For many people who have had a stroke, simply walking again can be extremely daunting. And if there are steps to climb or narrow doorways

Aphasia: At a Loss for Words

Have you ever asked for a “thingamajig” when you really meant a screwdriver? Have you ever misread a word on a street sign as you

Stroke and Swallowing

When someone has had a stroke, the damage to speech and movement is usually obvious. But for some stroke survivors, having trouble swallowing can be

Stroke

What is a stroke? The gray matter in our brains may get all the credit for our intellectual powers and nerve coordination, but it’s blood