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Someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds on average. Nearly nine out of ten strokes occur when a blood clot blocks a vessel in the brain (called ischemic stroke). Less commonly, a stroke occurs when a weakened blood vessel in the brain ruptures (hemorrhagic stroke). The bleeding into the brain resulting from a hemorrhagic stroke is difficult to stop, making them more likely to be fatal.

You may have heard the term "mini-stroke", also known as a transient ischemic attack, or TIA. TIA’s are caused by a temporary blockage of blood flow in the brain. When the blood flow resumes, symptoms disappear. TIA’s are a warning that you are in danger of experiencing a full-fledged stroke. Take them seriously and tell your doctor – you may need to take medicine like anti-clotting drugs or high blood pressure medication to reduce your risk.

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Introduction

Homocysteine is an amino acid that is found in the blood. High levels of homocysteine can damage the lining in the arteries and can increase the blockages in the blood vessel.

A person with a high level of homocysteine is believed to have increased risk of stroke, heart disease, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease and recurrent pregnancy loss.

Remedies and Tips:

1. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Leafy green vegetables are especially important in your diet. You can lower your homocysteine level by increasing the amount of folate in your diet. Great sources of folate are lettuce, asparagus, lentils and spinach. Fortified grain products, orange juice and breakfast cereals will also help lower your homocysteine level.

2. You can also lower your homocysteine level by eating foods fortified with vitamin B6 and B12. Foods rich in B6 are potatoes, garbanzo beans, salmon, bananas, breakfast cereals and chicken. Good sources of B12 are foods such as beef, organ meats such as liver, dairy products and certain types of fish. Continue reading →

Our body organs are connected each other. It creates a systematic arrangement that allows our body to do many activities. If there is any destruction or problems in one organ it may disturb other organs’ function. Take the sample of high pressure problem. If you have high pressure every day, it will cause problems into your heart work. If it is happened, it can cause serious disease and the worst one is Stroke. Until today, there is no certain medicine to cure stoke patients for 100%. It is only increase your body resistance and longer your life time.

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It’s known as a silent killer because you never know when you will be affected by it. For those who think they are not at risk you need to get serious about it and find out more about strokes and if you are at risk. Your doctor will be able to give you all this information based on your past medical history, family history, and you’re over all health. Statistics show that someone has a stroke every 45 seconds in the United States alone.

Know your family history. If your parents had a stroke your chance of having one increases because there is something genetic that can be passed down to you that may cause a stroke. A stoke can happen when the blood flow is suddenly stopped in the brain. This can cause permanent damage that cannot be reversed.

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Adult stem cells therapy is used to treat stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, motor neuron disease, Parkinson’s disease and etc. The cells that are used are from our own body as other cells may be rejected by our body. They can be considered as our body’s repair kit. Since our body repairs itself constantly, when we are suffering from some degenerative diseases, our cells can no longer produce at a pace that they should be. A healthy body requires an optimum level of immune system. Therefore, if your immune system is weak, your body will not be able to defend itself from diseases.

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The brain is quite gluttonous. One-fifth of the blood that is being pumped by the heart is need by the human brain to function normally as expected. But on the other hand, it also starves quite fast. Hence, if and when the blood flow in the brain is decreased by any chance, it will be damaged permanently. Brain damage may occur in five minutes of blood starvation.

There are about 4 out of 5 stroke victims who usually survived the first time of stroke attack with only a partial damage of the brain of various degrees. But take note that there is one for every 5 deaths due to cardiovascular disease. Thus, an estimate of 80% of these deaths occurs on individuals over 65 years old.

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Did you know that if you have diabetes you have a greater chance of dying from heart disease or stroke and it doesn’t make any difference if you are a woman or a man? One reason is high blood levels of sugar make the walls of your blood vessels thicker and cause them to lose their elasticity, which in turn makes it harder for blood to pass through.

Type 1 diabetes is know as juvenile-onset diabetes and usually affects children and young adults and is genetically-linked. The following are some conditions that are typically found in people with type 2 diabetes, which is know as adult-onset diabetes, heart disease and stroke.

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You are able to protect yourself from heart disease and stroke. That’s just as well, considering every 45 seconds, someone in the U.S. has stroke. Stroke kills approximately 160,000 people a year, mostly women; yearly, approximately 40,000 more women than men have strokes and over 60 percent of all stroke deaths happen in women.

Stroke Symptoms: It’s vital to recognize the symptoms of stroke and to seek help immediately. Time is of the essence when it comes to preventing debilitating and long-lasting effects. Symptoms include sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body; sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding; sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes; sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination, or a sudden, severe headache with no known cause. Continue reading →

It is something shocking, that  each minute, someone in the United States has a stroke. Of the 700,000 victims annually, one-third die, and some other third suffer permanent paralysis, not be able to talk or memory lapses.

The best way to minimize the effects of a stroke is to know the warning signs so the stroke victim can get immediate treatment. Warning signs include sudden weakness or numbness, specifically on one side of the body; dizziness or loss of coordination; sudden headache or nausea; confusion or difficulty speaking; and vision loss.

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