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Woman films herself having a stroke
After being misdiagnosed with stress, Stacey Yepes took this video selfie which helped doctors correctly diagnose that she was having a mini-stroke
Source: Telegraph Health - June 19, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: mini-stroke films herself having a stroke Stacey Yepes minor stroke captured on video stroke video video selfie Source Type: news
Stroke survivors lose a month of healthy life for every 15 minute delay
New research published in the journal Stroke, from the American Heart Association, found that reducing delays by just a few minutes could lead to big gains
Source: Telegraph Health - March 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: stroke survivors hospital ischaemic stroke alteplase Source Type: news
Stroke patients are more likely to die if fewer nurses at weekends
Stroke patients are 35 per cent more likely to die if there are fewer nurses on duty at weekends
Source: Telegraph Health - August 19, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: nursing ratios stroke association stroke care PLOS RCP Source Type: news
Pulse monitor 'will pick up thousands of stroke risk patients'
Patients with a type of heart palpitation that can raise the risk of stroke fivefold will be spotted thanks to a new type of blood pressure monitor, doctors hope.
Source: Telegraph Health - January 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: pulse atrial fibrillation heart palpitations stroke blood pressure Source Type: news
New anti-stroke drug available on NHS
A 'new generation' drug that dramatically cuts the risk of stroke for people with a common type of heart palpitation has been given the green light for prescription on the NHS.
Source: Telegraph Health - January 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: atrial fibrillation apixaban stroke AF warfarin Source Type: news
Walking 'aids stroke recovery'
Taking a regular walk can help recovery from a stroke, according to a study.
Source: Telegraph Health - March 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: walking health stroke exercise Source Type: news
Daily coffee 'lowers stroke risk'
A daily cup of coffee may cut the risk of stroke by a fifth, according to Japanese researchers.
Source: Telegraph Health - March 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: grean tea anti-oxidants coffee stroke blood pressure Source Type: news
Living near airport could raise stroke risk
People who suffer through overnight aircraft noise are at greater risk of heart disease and stroke, study finds
Source: Telegraph Health - March 1, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: aircraft noise environmental health night stroke heart disease Source Type: news
Eat protein to lower stroke risk
Eating as little as one chicken breast or salmon fillet every day can reduce the risk of stroke by 20 per cent
Source: Telegraph Health - June 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: protein chicken stroke Xinfeng Liu Source Type: news
Too much sleep could increase chance of a stroke
A new study suggests that sleeping more than eight hours a night could triple the risk of a stroke, among those with high blood pressure
Source: Telegraph Health - May 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: .stroke blood pressure heart disease NHS sleep sleeping Source Type: news
Two bars of chocolate a day 'lowers risk of stroke and heart disease'
Even eating regular amounts of milk chocolate appears to protect against stroke and heart disease
Source: Telegraph Health - June 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: cocoa health university of glasgow stroke heart disease chocolate two bars Source Type: news
Bilingual people twice as likely to recover from a stroke
40 per cent of bilingual patients regained normal function following a stroke, compared with just 20 per cent of those who spoke only one language
Source: Telegraph Health - November 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: patients treatment drugs stroke bilingual one language recover Source Type: news
Cheap NHS sleeping pill could help stroke victims recover more quickly
Zolpidem could help repair the damaged connections in the brain caused by a stroke
Source: Telegraph Health - December 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: cure stanford treatment symptoms breakthough insomnica stroke sleeping pill Zolpidem Source Type: news
'Global epidemic' of heart attack and stroke being missed
Doctors and politicians are failing to tackle "a global epidemic" of heart attacks and strokes, according to the inventor of a 'polypill' that lowers both cholesterol and blood pressure levels.
Source: Telegraph Health - January 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HEART ATTACK CHOLESTEROL POLYPILL NICK WALD STROKE EPIDEMIC Source Type: news
Tai Chi 'reduces fall risk for stroke patients'
Doing Tai Chi exercises three times a week could greatly reduce the risk of falls among stroke survivors, researchers have found.
Source: Telegraph Health - February 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
