A bleeding stroke, is uncontrolled bleeding from a burst blood vessel within or around the brain, according to the Stanford School of Medicine. A bleeding stroke is also called a hemorrhagic stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage or intracerebral...
Defects in brain vessels, notably arteries, include hardening by atherosclerotic plaque, which narrows carotid arteries and can cause stroke; formation of berry aneurysms, which can rupture causing subarachnoid hemorrhage; deposition of amyloid in...
Acute strokes occur in the brain without much warning. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly more than 795,000 Americans suffer from strokes annually. Of these patients, up to 30 percent remain permanently disabled....
Cerebral vasospasm, the narrowing or constriction of a brain blood vessel or artery, most often occurs due to a ruptured brain aneurysm. Very rarely, cerebral vasospasm can occur when another blood vessel bleeds due to an abnormality such as an...
Hearing of a case of meningitis can evoke fear, especially when a daycare, school or college is involved. Meningitis symptoms include high fever, headache, neck stiffness, nausea and vomiting. and often appear suddenly. Individually, these...
A stroke occurs when the brain is deprived of oxygenated blood because of a blocked blood vessel (ischemic stroke) or bleeding within the brain (hemorrhagic stroke). Approximately 700,000 strokes occur in the United States annually. Ischemic...
The American Stroke Association reports that, in the United States, stroke is the thir- leading cause of death and the primary cause of adult disability. The American Heart Association calls stroke a "brain attack" to stress the need for immediate...
Headaches after a run should not happen. If you get a headache after exercising, your doctor needs to know what is happening so he can run different diagnostic tests and rule out different conditions. This is not the time to think, "It's just a...
Stroke, called a cerebral vascular accident, or CVA, is a disruption in blood flow to the brain. The third leading cause of death in the United States, the American Stroke Association reports that stroke is also the primary cause of disability...
Stroke is the third-leading cause of death in the United States, killing over 137,000 people in 2006, according to the American Heart Association. It's also a leading cause of chronic disability. A lack of cardiovascular fitness contributes...
Neurosurgeons perform brain surgery for a variety of medical reasons, including brain tumors, epilepsy, vascular malformations and traumas. Brain surgeries have been performed for thousands of years and typically required removal of a portion of...
