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Stroke survivors at higher risk for another stroke or heart attack for years longer than commonly thought
When someone survives a stroke or mini-stroke, they're at substantial risk of another stroke or admission to a long-term care facility for at least five years afterward, Canadian neurologists say.
Source: CBC | Health - July 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
More women die after stroke than men, Heart & Stroke says
More women than men in Canada die as a result of a stroke, according to the Heart & Stroke 2018 Stroke Report.
Source: CBC | Health - June 5, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Stroke survivors face complication risks for years longer than commonly thought
When someone survives a stroke or mini-stroke, they're at substantial risk of another stroke or admission to a long-term care facility for at least five years afterward, Canadian neurologists say.
Source: CBC | Health - July 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Stroke survivors without complications still face ongoing risks
(Reuters Health) - Even stroke survivors who don ’t experience any immediate complications are still more likely to die or have a heart attack than people who never had a stroke, a recent Canadian study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - July 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
More Canadian stroke patients could get clot-grabbing treatment
People living in remote communities or who suffer an ischemic stroke while asleep could benefit from new 24-hour time frame for endovascular thrombectomy, Heart and Stroke Foundation says.
Source: CBC | Health - July 20, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
First year of COVID-19 pandemic saw fewer Alberta stroke patients, more deaths, study finds
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta saw fewer stroke patients, but a higher number of stroke-related deaths, according to new research.
Source: CBC | Health - March 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news
EVT Will Save Millions of Lives From Stroke. Eventually.
A procedure called EVT is creating radically better outcomes for patients, but only when it ’s performed quickly enough — and that requires the transformation of an entire system of care.
Source: NYT Health - March 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Eva Holland Tags: Stroke Emergency Medical Treatment Hemorrhagic Stroke Stents (Medical Devices) Catheters Brain Alberta (Canada) Bangladesh Source Type: news
Women fare worse than men after surviving a stroke, new report suggests
Nearly a million Canadians are living with the aftereffects of having a stroke, including serious mental health issues, a new paper from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada suggests. It also says women often fare worse than men.
Source: CBC | Health - June 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Study: One stroke raises risk for another, even years later
Your risk of a second stroke or ministroke remains considerable for at least five years after the first one, a new Canadian study finds.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - July 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stroke victim, 27, determined to get back on her feet — with husband's help
Carly White woke up in a hospital with a piece of her brain removed and no recollection of how she got there. Now, she is warning others to not ignore symptoms of what could be a stroke.
Source: CBC | Health - August 16, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/NL Source Type: news
Girl, 27, mistook a stroke for an intense migraine
Carly White (left), 27, from Carmanville, Canada, thought she had a migraine on July 30. Her husband Nathanael (right) took her to the hospital the next day. He soon learned his wife had had a stroke.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Canadian woman mistook a stroke for an intense migraine
Carly White (left), 27, from Carmanville, Canada, thought she had a migraine on July 30. Her husband Nathanael (right) took her to the hospital the next day. He soon learned his wife had had a stroke.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Heart attack, stroke tied lost work and wages
(Reuters Health) - People who suffer a heart attack, stroke or cardiac arrest may be less likely to work afterward, and those who do work may make less money, a Canadian study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 23, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Heart attack, stroke tied to lost work and wages
(Reuters Health) - People who suffer a heart attack, stroke or cardiac arrest may be less likely to work afterward, and those who do work may make less money, a Canadian study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 23, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Women have DOUBLE the risk of a deadly stroke after heart surgery compared to men, study finds
A new study from the Lawson Health Research Institute in Ontario, Canada, found that women were 90 percent more likely to have a stroke and 80 percent more likely to die.
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
