Credit: Photo courtesy of Kelly Naab Kelly Naab was waiting in a drive-thru lane with her two young boys in the back seat when her body suddenly felt strange. Her face began drooping. She couldn’t move her right arm or speak. She tried, unsuccessfully, to call for help. Naab –

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Credit: CC0 Public Domain A simple set of questions for checking your heart health might also help predict your stroke risk, a recent study suggests. The finding hints that even small improvements to your lifestyle might help prevent strokes. Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death nationwide. It occurs

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Credit: Photo courtesy of Gary Lucas. Gary Lucas delights in making intricate wooden decorative pieces in his tidy workshop. He’s particularly talented with his electric scroll saw, using its precision cuts to create crosses, puzzles, plaques and ornaments. To teach others his woodworking skills, Lucas makes videos he posts on

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Source: Frontiers. Could living at high altitudes affect your chance of suffering a stroke? This intriguing question is at the heart of a new study in open-access journal Frontiers in Physiology. The study is the first to examine the incidence of stroke-related hospitalization and death in people living at four

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Credit: Photo courtesy of Deborah Brown As a caretaker for her aging and ailing parents, Deborah Brown took on many responsibilities. At work, she dealt with extreme cases of child abuse and neglect as a lead trauma investigator for the City of Chesapeake Child Protective Services in Virginia. Even though

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Credit: Photo courtesy of Doug Tapking Retired happily and resettled in a peaceful community near Salt Lake City, 70-year-old Doug Tapking is enjoying the good life – golfing and woodworking, singing in choirs with his wife, Karen, and spending time with their four grandchildren. But retirement hasn’t always been so

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Credit: Photo courtesy of Jason Tschetter One Sunday in 2016, Dwight Tschetter felt lightheaded and lost consciousness. Paramedics rushed him to the hospital. At 67, he had a stroke that paralyzed his whole body. “It was a really difficult situation,” said his son, Jason Tschetter. “We were torn on what

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Credit: Photo courtesy of Sherry Pinkstaff A few months before her 39th birthday, Sherry Pinkstaff challenged herself to run for at least 15 minutes every morning – and she did, often jogging along the ocean near her home and sometimes pushing a stroller carrying her two young children. The benefits

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Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a new study from Monash University, researchers emphasize how critical it is for survivors of first-time stroke to take medications on an ongoing basis, with new findings highlighting long-term links with survival. In Australia, someone suffers a stroke every 19 minutes and it is one

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Credit: Photo by Raven Eye Photography. Jeff Vallance jump-started every day with a 4-mile run. It woke him up and kept him feeling fit. As an expert in chronic disease management, he knew the importance of staying active. He also knew the signs of a stroke. When his right foot

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