A stroke survivor, 50 year old Allan Navarro, has been awarded $116-million, Florida’s largest jury malpractice award, in a suit against a Tampa hospital. Mr. Navarro is a former Read More...

Between the physical trauma to the brain and the emotional trauma of dealing with a stroke’s effects, it is easy to understand why a stroke survivor would undergo mental challenges Read More...

As a caregiver, changes in the personality of your loved one can be one of the most difficult issues you have to face. These changes can be caused by the Read More...

The Power to End Stroke is the American Stroke Association's campaign to increase stroke education and awareness among African Americans, who are affected by stroke more than any other group. Read More...

High cholesterol is one of the easiest stroke risk factors to control. Unfortunately, many doctors pull out their prescription pad and place their patients on statin drugs without first Read More...

Sickle Cell Disease is an inherited blood disorder that causes the red blood cells to have an abnormal shape and can cause the blood to clump together or clot, which Read More...

Depression is commonly seen after a stroke. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that 10 to 27 percent of stroke survivors will experience major depression and an additional 15 Read More...

What is Peripheral Artery Disease? Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) is also known as Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) and is a risk factor for strokes and heart attacks. The American Heart Read More...

African Americans risk of developing Peripheral Artery Disease is two times greater than any other group. According to a Reuter’s Health Report, the increased risk is equivalent to smoking Read More...

Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) is also known as Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) and is a risk factor for strokes and heart attacks. Here is a profile of the disease, Read More...

Although a stroke is always a medical emergency and time lost equals brain cells and function lost, as many as 97 percent of American adults do not know the symptoms Read More...

For most stroke survivors there are not many treatment or rehabilitation options. After my husband had a stroke at age 43, I was shocked and discouraged by the lack Read More...

Mary Ann Keenan, MD, Chief of Neuro-Orthopaedics for the University of Pennsylvania Health System has been named a recipient of the first-annual Ladies’ Home Journal Health Breakthrough Awards. The award Read More...

Although the availability is limited, a tiny corkscrew device received FDA approval in 2004 as a treatment for ischemic stroke. The tool is used to manually remove the clot Read More...

As Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) is demonstrating success in restoring function to adult stroke survivors, exciting clinical trials are showing great promise in the rehabilitation of pediatric hemiplegia. Read Read More...

One of the newer developments in stroke rehabilitation is called Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT), also known as forced use movement therapy. This is an intensive neurorehabilitation therapy that aims Read More...

The substance that gives tomatoes their red color, Lycopene, has anti-clotting properties that may prevent strokes and heart attacks. Previous studies have determined that Lycopene provides protection from cancer. Read More...

In a recent study released by the manufacturer of the diabetic drug Actos (generic name Pioglitazone), type 2 (non-insulin dependent) diabetics who had already survived a stroke had a 47 Read More...

Your stroke rehabilitation team will work closely with you to establish a care plan and realistic goals for your rehab. The overall goal of rehab is to regain as much Read More...