Below you will find information about strokes – what’s in the press; new developments; facts; awareness campaigns, and the like.
Wine and stroke; what’s the connection? The Telegraph newspaper has reported that major research, conducted at St. Anne’s University Hospital in the Czech Republic, suggests one large glass of wine a day increases stroke risk significantly for those in their 50s and 60s. Click the photo to read the full article (photo credit: Alamy).
It’s not just older adults who have strokes. Click the photo below to read a Telegraph article about six-day old baby, Ava Rose, who had a stroke.
A prototype stroke detection solution: click the photo to find out more.
Stroke in the news: ‘Stroke patient loses Chinese language ability’ – click on the photo to read the news article.
What is a stroke? The Stroke Association define a stroke like this:
It happens when the blood supply to part of your brain is cut off. It can be caused by a blockage in one of the blood vessels leading to the brain or a bleed in the brain.
Blood carries essential nutrients and oxygen to your brain. Without blood your brain cells can be damaged or destroyed.
Strokes affect people in different ways, depending on the part of the brain that is affected, how widespread the damage is and how healthy the person was before the stroke. A stroke can affect the way your body functions as well as your thought processes and how you feel and communicate.
A stroke can also have an emotional impact and can cause problems such as anxiety, depression or changes to your personality.
Every year there are approximately 152,000 strokes in the UK. That’s one stroke every three and a half minutes. Most people affected are over 65, but anyone can have a stroke, including children and even babies.
Factors that can increase your risk of a stroke:
Your genes; your age; your diet; the amount of alcohol you drink; whether you smoke; how fit you are, and whether you have any other medical conditions.
Quotes on this page are from the Stroke Association’s website.
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