Dušan M. from Serbia was proud that he could eat a lot of greasy and salty food, smoke two packs of cigarettes a day and never had a sick day in his life, until he was 49 and had a stroke while trying to tie his shoelaces and go to work. -I hate that although now I do...

Written by Alison Turner The word is Thrombus. From the Greek, thrombos, meaning “lump, piece, clot of blood." About 90% of strokes are caused by clots blocking blood flow to the brain, and the word carries grim associations for many stroke survivors and their...

Source: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Women who started menstruating early in life could later face a higher risk of stroke. Women who started their periods at the age of 13 or younger, are about 1.8 times more likely to suffer a stroke, than those who started at the age of 15....

Source: stroketales.com This is a blog post written by Kasia, young stroke survivor from Poland. She is one of the ambassadors of the Merz-SAFE post-stroke spasticity project. 1. Cooking – nothing is better than doing polish Pierogi (dumplings) or Indian chiapati...

Oxygen after stroke – the PROOF trial Can high-dose oxygen therapy reduce the effects of stroke? A new international study called PROOF, funded by the EU, will investigate. An ischaemic stroke is the most common type of stroke. The arteries that supply the brain with...