Tribune Content Agency on MSN

Mayo Clinic Q&A: 5 things to know about stroke

A friend from my book club recently had a stroke. I learned that women have a higher risk of strokes. What are the risk ...
When it comes to strokes, every minute it takes a person to get medical help can mean precious resources to the brain are being depleted. But how do you know when someone is having a stroke? In some ...
Numbness in your arm, slurred speech, confusion… you know the classic signs of a stroke. But can you have a stroke and not know it? It turns out the answer is yes, and these types of strokes are often ...
Sometimes we worry so much about cancer and heart disease, we ignore the medical issue we're most at risk for. Then something like a stroke blind sides you. Stroke is the number three killer in ...
NEWS AT FOUR. CONTINUES. HE WAS LUCKY THAT HE GOT TREATMENT QUICKLY. OFTEN THESE PATIENTS DON’T SURVIVE WHEN EVERY SECOND COUNTS. YOU NEED TO KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A STROKE. SOMEONE HAS A ...
Stroke can happen to anyone — it happens to more than 800,000 people every year in the United States. Knowing the signs of stroke and how to prevent it can help protect you or your loved ones from ...
"On Thursday morning, I was sitting at breakfast with my husband when I started having stroke-like symptoms and was taken to the hospital," the 25-year-old wrote on Instagram. "They found I had ...
A stroke is a medical emergency that can strike anyone at any time, regardless of their age, gender, or race. However, certain groups, including Black men and Black women, are at a higher risk of ...
Stroke is a medical emergency that occurs about every 40 seconds in the United States and affects more than 795,000 people each year. Though advances in stroke treatment have reduced the overall death ...
Since January, approximately 350-thousand Americans have suffered a stroke. It's the number three killer in the U.S. And while we hear a lot about #1 and #2-- heart disease and cancer, we don't hear ...