Dementia: At lunchtime, my Mum knew I was her daughter. By evening, nothing
Anthea Rowan cared for her mother in the last 18 months of her life, witnessing the illness 'lick away at her like a river at a sandy bank until she crumbled completely’
stroke
Health stories relating to stroke
Drinking more than four cups of coffee per day increases risk of stroke, research finds
Fizzy drinks, including both sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened such as diet or zero sugar, were linked with a 22 per cent increased chance of stroke, the research found
High temperatures and factors such as obesity ‘driving global rises in stroke’
Although stroke is preventable, it causes 7m deaths each year
Queen guitarist Brian May says he recently had minor stroke
Musician assured fans he was recovering and able to play music again after ‘health hiccup’
As a cardiologist, here is what I tell my patients about Ozempic
Using such medications to lose excess fat that risks your health is no more of a moral failing than using a blood pressure medication to lower high blood pressure that increases your risk of stroke
Stroke patients complain of poor communication in hospital and on discharge
Study by RCSI finds communication ‘biggest gap’ in care, with one describing how she had to ‘stalk’ her consultant to get answers
‘I was disoriented, not properly mobile. I kept falling down’: Woman who suffered stroke giving birth has clot removed
About 7,500 Irish people get a stroke and 2,000 people die every year. Yet many strokes are treatable
Think twice before booking your next foreign holiday, especially if you have heart or lung disease
Heatwaves abroad can change everything for your health, especially if you have a pre-existing condition
Former taoiseach Brian Cowen determined to walk daughter down the aisle as he recovers from stroke
Clara, Co Offaly, native spent a year in hospital, after suffering a bleed on the brain four years ago
Heart disease and stroke deaths could be cut by 15,000 over five years, says Mary Harney
Illness kills 9,000 people a year despite 80% of premature cases being preventable
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