Stroke
Strokes are the third leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability among Americans. Though someone in the United States has a stroke every 45 seconds, great strides have been made in preventing and treating them. In this Web guide you’ll find information about strokes from the Web’s most respected consumer health Web sites and stroke foundations.
Expand All Guide SectionsWhat Is a Stroke?
A stroke is also called a “brain attack” because like a heart attack, it results from a ... read more »
Stroke Symptoms and Diagnosis
A stroke hits without warning, and can cause confusion for the person experiencing it. There are a ... read more »
Treating and Preventing Strokes
Once a stroke has been diagnosed, doctors have a number of medications that can help restore blood ... read more »
Stroke News and Research
New information about discovering, treating, and preventing strokes is being published all the time. Use these sites to keep up to date on the latest news and research.
Dulcinea's Insight
- Some sites (PubMed, for example) either post or help you find abstracts (short summaries) of articles from professional journals. Not all of the full-length articles are available for free. For many articles, you have to be a subscriber to read the entire piece. The abstracts, however, do give a good sense of the studies and their findings.
Dulcinea's Picks
For stroke news …
The American Stroke Association
publishes the bi-monthly Stroke Connection Magazine. Subscribe to receive the magazine for free for one year. After the first year, there is an unspecified subscription cost.
ScienceDaily
publishes news articles in science, technology and medicine. Don’t miss the site’s page of stroke news for updated headlines every day.
Topix
is a news aggregator that has a page of stroke-related headlines gathered from news outlets across the Web. Look for links to articles on the results of current research and treatment efforts, among other topics.
For research and journal articles …
PubMed Central
, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, is a repository of biomedical and life sciences journal articles. Search for articles by topic, journal title, or author using the search tool at the top of the page. Once you’ve searched a topic, use a tab under the display options to read articles that are free to access. Prefer to have new articles sent to your e-mail box? Create customized updates based on your searches and have them sent directly to you.
The National Stroke Association
has a journal, newsletter, and magazine available for subscription. Take a look at Stroke Clinical Updates, a free newsletter with archived editions available on the site, though it is geared toward professionals.
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