Stress Sabotages Your Brain, Body & Immunity

Many people ignore the effects of stress on the brain and body. Others believe that stress affects only mental health. But that simply isn’t true. Your mental and physical health are closely tied to one another. Changes in one can directly affect the other. In fact stress can have a significant impact on your physical […]

Stroke after Stroke

Every day I see patients who have had strokes. Some strokes are old, others new. Some patients have little difficulty or disability, and have returned to their usual activities. Others will never return to their previous level of function. Some time ago I wrote about a patient who had a stroke which caused mild weakness. […]

Recognizing STROKE

This series is all about how to avoid strokes, or at least greatly reduce your risk of having one. But, what if worse comes to worse and you have a stroke? Would you realize it? What if a friend or family member you are with has a stroke? Would you recognize it? Would you know […]

STROKE — What Is It?

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 […]

May is National Stroke Awareness Month

John Singleton. Luke Perry. What do they have in common? Both were famous, both died young, 51 and 52 respectively, and both died from strokes. It’s May! That means it’s National Stroke Awareness Month. Let me remind you of a few facts about stroke… Each year about 795,000 Americans have a stroke. Some are first […]

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Reduce Stroke and Alzheimer’s Risk By Spending Time With Others

​ This is a time of year many of us look forward to. Yes, there’s lots to do, and yes, we are busy. But we get to see family and friends. We see our kids’, (little, or maybe not so little anymore), eyes light up because we got them just the right gifts. (Or maybe […]

Chocolate and Stroke Risk

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 […]

Eat Your Berries — They’re Superfoods

Smoking and Brain Cancer