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'My severe migraine turned into a stroke...at 39 I'm now learning to walk again'
Alli Bate was left paralysed on one side of her body after suffering a stroke at the age of 38.
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Woman, 37, in West Virginia suffers a stroke triggered by amusement park ride at county fair - one of just 20 cases ever worldwide
The West Virginian woman is one of just 20 recorded cases of a stroke brought on by an amusement park ride worldwide. Midway through the ride, the woman developed a headache.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Extreme Heat Is Endangering America ’ s Workers —And Its Economy
This project was supported by the Pulitzer Center
7 A.M.: COPELAND FARMS—ROCHELLE, GA
Just after dawn on a recent July day in Rochelle, Ga., Silvia Moreno Ayala steps into a pair of sturdy work pants, slips on a long-sleeved shirt, and slathers her face and hands with sunscreen. She drapes a flowered scarf over her wide-brimmed hat to protect her neck and back from the punishing rays of the sun. There isn’t much she can do about the humidity, however. Morning is supposed to be the coolest part of the day, but sweat is already pooling in her rubber boots.
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Source: TIME: Health - August 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Aryn Baker / Georgia Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything feature healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
I survived a stroke at 20 - here's the subtle symptom that I ignored
EXCL: Esmae Hodgetts from Chesterfield spent her New Years' Eve in hospital after collapsing at home. She felt neck and shoulder pain building up, then she was hit with a 'stabbing' headache.
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to Keep Your Home Cool in Extreme Heat
Global temperatures have reached alarmingly high levels across the U.S., Europe, and Asia as heat waves set record highs this week.
Parts of European countries including most of Italy, eastern Croatia, southern Spain, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro are under red alert, the European Union’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre said on Wednesday. Meanwhile, as of July 18, Phoenix had experienced 19 consecutive days of 110°F temperatures or higher. And Beijing is also experiencing a record stretch of 95°F heat.
The extreme heat comes as weather phenomenon El Niño, which occurs every tw...
Source: TIME: Health - July 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Solcyre Burga Tags: Uncategorized climate change extreme weather healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
How to Tell The Difference Between Heat Stress, Exhaustion, and Stroke
The terminology around heat injuries and illness is often confusing. As extreme heat warnings sweep the U.S., here is what you need to know about heat stress, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke.
A 90°F-day might be perfect for the beach. But once you start working your body, whether it’s mowing the lawn, going for a hike, or sprinting to catch the bus, your metabolism ramps up, burning fuel and raising your body’s core temperature. Your heart compensates by pumping blood away from your overheated organs to your skin, where dilating blood vessels can dissipate the heat with the help of evaporating sweat. If yo...
Source: TIME: Health - July 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Aryn Baker Tags: Uncategorized Climate Is Everything Explainer extreme weather healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand COVID-19 ’ s Effect On the Brain
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors started to notice something striking. For what was originally described as a respiratory virus, SARS-CoV-2 seemed to have a strong effect on the brain, causing everything from loss of taste and smell and brain fog to, in serious cases, stroke.
NYU Langone Health, a New York city research hospital, started collating those anecdotes in hopes of better understanding how the virus affects the brain and nervous system. Years later, the project has morphed from focusing solely on acute symptoms to also tracking the long-term neurologic issues that some people with Long COVID experience, sa...
Source: TIME: Health - July 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Woman, 22, reveals bizarre warning sign she experienced before suffering a devastating stroke
Morgan Bailey, now living in Arizona, was just 22 when she started experiencing symptoms - including an 'excruciating' headache and numbness along the right side of her body.
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Migraine sufferers at greater risk of stroke before the age of 60, new study finds
Women who experience the severe headaches are also at higher risk of a heart attack, a new study has found.
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID-19 Can Cause New Cholesterol Problems. What to Know
Not long after the start of the global coronavirus pandemic, it was apparent that many people infected with SARS-CoV-2 were developing persistent and, in some cases, debilitating health problems. Now known widely as post-Covid syndrome or Long COVID, the most common symptoms of this condition are fatigue, attention problems, headaches, muscle or joint pain, and weakness. But those are just the start. Medical researchers have also linked SARS-CoV-2 to lingering complications in multiple organs and systems, and some recent work has found that new-onset cholesterol problems may be an under-recognized but common complication o...
Source: TIME: Health - May 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate heart health Source Type: news
Ohio woman, 32, who had FIVE-DAY stroke and lived to tell the tale
Amanda Lenza, 32, from Lorain, Ohio, battled a five-day headache before learning that she was suffering a stroke. She's one of the many young Americans who suffer the event every year.
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Six 'early' signs of a stroke that appeared a week before the emergency in 43% of cases
From a severe headache with no obvious cause to sudden difficulty speaking, a stroke could announce itself up to a week before it strikes, according to research.
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
F.D.A. Approves New Nasal Spray for Migraines
Pfizer ’s treatment applies an approach that is different from some other products, which doctors say may make it safer for people at risk of heart attacks or stroke.
Source: NYT Health - March 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Jewett Tags: Migraine Headaches Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Nerves and Nervous System Clinical Trials Food and Drug Administration Lancet Neurology, The (Journal) Pfizer Inc Source Type: news
The ‘worst’ headache you’ve ever had could be a warning sign of stroke - doctor
The sooner someone is able to receive treatment for a stroke, the less damage is likely to occur, a doctor said.
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Severe' headache that comes on 'for no reason' could precede a stroke - when to call 999
Compared to a regular headache, one that precedes a stroke could also affect your vision.
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
