Senior's Health Package
Over 200,000 words organized under 20 different topic areas with a focus on the health issues of most interest to our aging population. The selection of materials compiled by the editors of Harvard Health Publications, includes topics such as: care giving, advanced care directives, arthritis, diabetes, healthy aging, vision problems, home safety, hearing loss, heart disease, incontinence, memory, mental health, medication costs and safety and more.
Stroke
Stroke: Preventing and Treating "Brain Attack"
Up-to-the-minute information about stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. Transient ischemic attacks and all types of stroke are explained in detail. Includes valuable advice for patients and caregivers.
Preventing Strokes: Understanding Stroke and Evaluating Your Risk
Discusses the types of stroke, risk factors, and how an individual can assess his risk.
Preventing Strokes: A Plan of Action
Explains briefly the different types of stroke, and in detail the risk factors for stroke and how you can reduce each risk factor for significant prevention.
Heart Beat: ABCD Predicts the Future for Mini-strokes
Mini-strokes, or transient ischemic attacks, can be a harbinger of more serious strokes, but is that true for everyone? Researchers have developed a way to predict who is at risk for a more serious stroke.
A New Wave in Stroke Treatment
Ultrasound-powered tPA as a treatment for stroke.
For MERCI' s Sake — A New Stroke Treatment Approved
A tiny wire curlicue that can snare blood clots may help more people get emergency treatment for a stroke.
ASK-THE-EXPERT
- Does a patent foramen ovale have anything to do with having a Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)?
- Is it possible to mistake a stroke for a bad migraine?