Posts Tagged ‘stroke’
Mobile Stroke Units (MSUs) Associated with Faster Life-saving Treatment
Mobile stroke units (MSUs) are vehicles that can provide faster life-saving stroke treatment before the patient reaches a hospital. MSUs have neurologists on board as well as portable CT scanners. According to a recent study published December 4, 2019 in JAHA Journal of the American Heart Association, mobile stroke units (MSUs) provided life-saving treatment about…
Read MoreMay is National Stroke Awareness Month and a Healthy Lifestyle is the Best Prevention of Stroke
May is National Stroke Awareness Month to raise awareness of strokes and how to prevent them. A recent study published October 24, 2018 in the BMJ showed that a healthy lifestyle is the best prevention of stroke. A Healthy Lifestyle Meant that a Stroke was not Inevitable The researchers had set out to see whether…
Read MoreImpaired Vision in Seniors Doubles the Risk for Falls
Falls are a leading cause disability in seniors. In fact, falls are the leading cause of injury among seniors. Falls can lead to a loss of independence and even death in seniors, especially if they suffer a traumatic brain injury or a hip fracture. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), every…
Read MoreBoy Saves Grandfather who got Stroke while Driving
We sometimes hear of terrible road accidents where a car swerves out of control, crosses into next lane and hits another car. We often wonder why the driver suddenly lost control and if it could have been because of a heart attack or stroke? Sometimes we do hear good news though and MSN News reported…
Read MoreDiabetes Shown to be Risk for Parkinson’s Disease (PD)
November 2018 is National Diabetes Month November is National Diabetes Month and to date no real cure has been found for diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association, in 2015 there were 30.3 million Americans (9.4% of the population) with diabetes (mainly type 2 diabetes) and 1.25 million American children and adults with type 1…
Read MoreToday is World Stroke Day
Today, October 29 is World Stroke Day, which is sponsored by the World Stroke Organization (WSO) to raise worldwide awareness that strokes can be treated and prevented. According to the WSO, about 80 million people worldwide have suffered from a stroke and about 50 million stroke survivors are afflicted with some kind of disability or…
Read MoreAfter Experiencing a Stroke an Australian Woman Turned her Lifestyle Around
An Australian woman who had a stroke when she was only 52 years old decided to turn her life around and change her lifestyle and eating habits. The fear of death took hold of her, but she turned it around for good and decided to fight back by taking better care of herself. She Did…
Read MoreStudy Shows the only Safe Level for Alcohol is not to Drink at All
The latest study on alcohol consumption carried out by researchers from the University of Washington published August 24, 2018 in the Lancet Journal shows that it is a killer and was responsible for 2.8 million world-wide deaths in 2016 and alcohol use was ranked as the seventh leading risk factor for premature death and disability…
Read MoreBenefits of Aspirin Treatment to Prevent Cardiovascular Events vs. Risk for Bleeding
A study published August 26, 2018 in the Lancet Journal shows that taking aspirin on a daily basis to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) attacks in people who have never had one is questionable. While the use of aspirin on a daily basis to prevent a second heart attack or stroke has been proven to be…
Read MoreA Giant Japanese Radish may be able to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
Many Medicines Come from the Plant World Many pharmaceutical drugs have come from the plant world like digitalis from fox glove, Tamiflu from the Chinese Star Anise plant and many more. Now, a Japanese study published July 23, 2018 in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry shows that a giant-sized radish called the Sakurajima Daikon…
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