The carotid arteries are two large blood vessels that supply oxygenated blood to the large, front part of the brain. This is where thinking, speech, personality, and sensory and motor functions reside. You can feel your pulse in the carotid arteries

A Stroke will damage the brain and many of the pathways or neural connections to the muscles have been destroyed or damaged and many will never return. Actually, our brain may no longer recognize our body's position in space let alone how to take con

As we know, stroke is one of the most preventable of all life-threatening health problems. Risk factors for stroke fall into categories and those that can be controlled through lifestyle changes or medication and those that cannot. It is important to

Stroke is an illness related with brain injury that occurs when the brain's blood supply is interrupted. Without oxygen and nutrients from blood, the brain tissue starts to die within minutes, resulting in a sudden loss of function. There is another

New research raises concern about diet soda, finding higher risks for stroke and heart attack among people who drink it everyday versus those who drink no soda at all. Multi ethnic Northern Manhattan Study (NOMAS) involving 2,564 people, scientists f

Brain cell function requires a constant delivery of oxygen and glucose from the bloodstream. A stroke, or cerebrovascular accident (CVA), occurs when blood supply to part of the brain is disrupted, causing brain cells to die. Blood flow can be compro

Stroke recovery time is time to theraphy people who have stroke. When stroke happened, almost all physhically is in bad condition. People can loose their mind and memories when they get stroke.Most of people don’t know about what will they do i

Stroke is one thing that causes death. Many reasons that cause stroke, they are:1. Stress and high pressureHigh pressure can cause stroke. Several reason that cause stress or high pressure are: carrier, relation with others, education, jobs,

When a stroke occurs, blood flow to the brain is blocked, depriving the organ of needed oxygen. This can destroy brain cells, which in turn impairs brain function in a number of areas and each person who has a stroke may have slight to significant va

When people hear the word stroke, they immediately go for an illness that strike a particular organ in our body and a lot of ignorant people out there opted to go to the heart, but this is a very common mistake that has been going on for awhile now.