Oftentimes, people can experience what is commonly called a “mini stroke” or “warning stroke” before experiencing a subsequent stroke. Clinically, this is known as a transient ischemic attack, or TIA.

The NHS Fast (Face, Arms, Speech, Time) acronym is a simple way to help people identify the most common signs of a stroke: Face – has their face fallen on one side? Can they smile? Arms – can they ...

The term “ministroke” can be a bit of a head-scratcher: How can there be a tiny form of a full-blown medical emergency? Thanks to the misleading modifier, it’s often perceived as something you don’t ...

A mini stroke or TIA is not harmless. Apollo-Neurologist Dr Sudhir Kumar warn it is one of the strongest predictors of a ...

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Kristin Kramer woke up early on a Tuesday morning 10 years ago because one of her dogs needed to go out. Then, a couple of odd things happened. When she tried to call her other dog, "I couldn't speak, ...

Last Friday, Oct. 10, I was having dinner with some of my son’s friends and their parents when in the middle of our meal, I noticed that the mother of his friend kept leaning toward her left side.

KUTV — Do you know what to do if someone has a stroke? Dr. Gordon Harkness came into the studio to speak with Kari Hawker- Diaz about stroke awareness month. A stroke happens when blood flow to the ...

Stroke can happen to anyone, at any age and at any time. The number of strokes among younger adults under 55 is rising worldwide, and every day in the UK around 240 people experience the traumatic and ...

The incidence of stroke following a transient ischemic attack (TIA) has decreased somewhat over the past 50 years but hardly at all during the past decade, a new meta-analysis shows. "This systematic ...

(CNN) — One in six deaths from cardiovascular disease in the United States is due to stroke, and over 100 million people worldwide have had a stroke, which is a leading cause of serious long-term ...