You know you don’t want one. You know it’s dangerous. Even if a stroke doesn’t kill you, you could end up disabled, dependent, unable to return to your previous life. But what exactly is a stroke? A stroke is what happens when a part of the brain doesn’t get enough blood flow. Blood carries oxygen…
Good News You should be happy to know that all the recent news isn’t bad. Here’s some good news for chocolate lovers. When 55,000 people were studied, those who ate between two and six one-ounce servings of chocolate each week were 20% less likely to have atrial fibrillation, (commonly referred to as AFib), when compared…
Hope you had a better weekend than I did. While covering two hospitals for three days I was called to see nine patients. Three of them had strokes. Two of those died. One of the stroke patients had an ischemic stroke. Part of his brain didn’t get enough blood. Not enough blood means not enough…