Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), commonly known as "mini-strokes," are often brushed off despite being serious warning ...

(NewsNation) — Often called a mini stroke, transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) occur when blood flow to the brain is briefly blocked, causing a few minutes of stroke symptoms. Although a TIA doesn’t ...

The incidence of stroke following a transient ischemic attack (TIA) has decreased somewhat over the past 50 years but hardly at all during the past decade, a new meta-analysis shows. "This systematic ...

Last Friday, Oct. 10, I was having dinner with some of my son’s friends and their parents when in the middle of our meal, I noticed that the mother of his friend kept leaning toward her left side.

Strokes are the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of disability, according to the American Stroke Association. "Stroke is injury to the brain from impairment of ...

Dr Suryanarayana Sharma of Apollo Hospitals, Bengaluru, breaks down common myths about stroke — from who it affects to how ...

DETROIT – Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States experiences a stroke. The ability to recognize stroke symptoms quickly could mean the difference between life and death for the nearly 800,000 ...

Eight years ago, at the age of 53, Jeff Miller woke up, got out of bed and fell to the floor. Although he was having trouble seeing, he managed to get down the stairs to the first floor of his home ...

From a certain high-heeled Mouse to the tiny version of our favorite candy, just the idea of “mini” is psychologically reassuring. But when it comes to a mini stroke, the diminutive prefix does little ...

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