Stroke is a very common cause of disability, and the fourth leading cause of death in America. So any news about stroke should remind us to discuss stroke risk with out doctors.
Harry Reid recently was admitted to the hospital, and discharged with a diagnosis of exhaustion. But he had perviously suffered a small stroke or transient ischemic attack. Because the risk of subsequent stroke is so high (25 to 45%), any new symptoms should…
We are familiar with having to go to the emergency rooms and many of us have waited hours and hours for care. Often, even with chest pain or symptoms of a stroke (numbness, confusion, headache, weakness or dizziness), a patient just has their family or friends drive them to an emergency room.
An important article was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association volume 309, page 2480, 2013 by J. Saver and colleagues…