Tag: detecting stroke

Women Often Miss Signs of Stroke

(HealthDay News) — A new online survey of U.S. women finds only about one in four women aged 25 to 75 can name more than two primary symptoms of stroke.[embed_youtube!– /Dbk:xxlA –> [embed_youtube!–/#xxl-a–> [embed_youtubep>The survey also found that women think that breast cancer is five times more common than stroke...

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Simple Test For Stroke Better Than MRI

According to Dr. David E. Newman-Toker of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, a simple, one-minute eye movement exam worked better than magnetic resonance imaging to distinguish new strokes. People experiencing a stroke have eye-movement alterations that correlate with stroke-damage to various brain areas — and these are distinct...

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