Country music star Charlie Daniels dies at 83
Country music veteran Charlie Daniels, who had a hit with The Devil Went Down to Georgia in 1979, has died at the age of 83....
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Lifestyle changes may cut future stroke risk in women
New York, April 9 (IANS) Women in their 50s, kindly take note. Middle age may not be too late for you to reduce stroke risk...
Light physical activity good for stroke survivors
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have revealed that stroke survivors who engaged in a lot of light physical activity such...
Soap opera star John Callahan passes away after ‘massive stroke’
Los Angeles, March 30 (IANS) American soap opera star John Callahan has passed away after suffering a stroke. He was 66. According to TMZ, the...
Music therapy helps stroke patients recover faster
London, March 6 (IANS) Researchers have found that listening to music helps stroke patients recover by stimulating their brain and lifting their mood. The study,...
Shaw a natural stroke-player & knows how to get runs: Kohli
Christchurch, Feb 26 (IANS) India skipper Virat Kohli feels young Prithvi Shaw, who didn’t have a great outing in the first Test against New Zealand,...
Eat fruits, yoghurt daily to reduce stroke risk
London, Feb 24 (IANS) Different types of food are linked to risks of different types of stroke, say researchers, adding that higher intakes of fruit,...
How AI can predict heart attacks and stroke
London, Feb 16 (IANS) Researchers have used Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the first time to instantly and accurately measure blood flow. The results were found...
Optimism can reduce stroke severity, inflammation
New York, Feb 12 (IANS) Researchers have found that stroke survivors with high levels of optimism had lower inflammation levels, reduced stroke severity and less...
Shingles vaccine may also avert stroke risk
New York, Feb 12 (IANS) Shingles, a viral infection caused by the chickenpox virus, is linked to an increased risk of stroke, but researchers have...
Smoking hookah may increase heart attack, stroke risk
New York, Jan 16 (IANS) Researchers have found that tobacco smoke from a hookah caused blood to function abnormally and be more likely to clot...
Stroke patients more likely to suffer heart attack: Study
Toronto, Jan 16 (IANS) Both women and men are significantly more likely to have a heart attack or another major cardiovascular event within thirty days...
Gut microbes may help improve stroke recovery
New York, Jan 9 (IANS) Micro-organisms in our gut could help protect brain cells from damage caused by inflammation after a stroke, according to a...
Egg intake doesn’t up heart disease, stroke risks: Study
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) Heart-healthy diets are naturally low in dietary cholesterol and can help reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, say...
Over 9 hours’ of sleep may raise stroke risk by 23%
New York, Dec 12 (IANS) People who sleep nine or more hours per night are 23 per cent more likely to later have a stroke...
Cancer patients at doubled risk of dying from stroke: Study
New York, Nov 24 (IANS) People living with cancer are more than twice as likely to die of a stroke, compared to the general population...
Air pollution in India linked to heart attack, stroke
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Researchers conducting a study in a periurban area in southern India have found that air pollution in the country is...
Why spinal cord injury linked to higher rates of stroke?
Toronto, Nov 8 (IANS) Researchers have found that fatigue and sleep may need more attention in order to prevent issues like stroke after spinal cord...
Advanced MRI scan helps predict stroke-related dementia
London, Sep 13 (IANS) An advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) brain scan analysis in patients with stroke-related, small vessel disease helped predict problems with thinking,...
Device for stroke victims launched
Hyderabad, Aug 8 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad’s Center for Healthcare Entrepreneurship(CfHE)-Incubated Startup BeAble Health on Thursday launched ‘Arm Able’, an interactive arm...