World Stroke Day 2009

World Stroke Day 2009: what can I do?

But What Can I Do? The predisposing factors for stroke are well known but poorly controlled. A commitment to find out one’s risk for stroke and to follow through on its management could cut the risk by one third for men, one half for women, and one half for ischemic stroke for both men and women.3 If I can identify and manage my stroke risk, it almost certainly will influence my family and frie...

World Stroke Day.

Every day, worldwide, tens of thousands of people’s lives are changed for the worse because of a stroke. In the United States, every 45 seconds someone will suffer a new or recurrent stroke; every 3.1 minutes someone will die from a stroke.1 Others will have warnings of stroke, which will go largely unheeded, and if heeded, often will go unaddressed. And yet, many strokes can be prevented and t...

World stroke day.

The World Stroke Day (WSD) is celebrated annually on October 29th. The aim of it is to encourage us each to join the global fight against stroke. Every other second, an adult or a child, a man or a woman, old or young, suffers a stroke. Furthermore, every sixth second, someone dies because of stroke. If a stroke victim survives, he/she is often severely disabled for the rest of his/her life. St...

World Stroke Day — October 29, 2014

World Stroke Day — October 29, 2013