Stroke and Stroke Prevention (Part 1)

About the Video:

Stroke is the leading cause of disability and the third leading cause of death in the United States. This interview examines recent medical advances, which can reduce the disabling consequences of a stroke and even prevent someone from having a stroke in the first place. It also covers stroke prevention.

Part one of this two-part program specifically addresses the following topics:

Different types of stroke: ischemic & hemorrhagic
Why "brain attack"
Stroke symptoms
TIA -- transient ischemic attack
tPA (tissue plasminogen activator)
Stroke effects -- location in brain
Rehabilitation
Brain plasticity

About the Expert:

Dr. John Cole is a stroke specialist at the University of Maryland Medical Center and an associate professor of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Cole is also a clinical research scientist at the Baltimore VA Medical Center.

Related Links:

Dr. John Cole
http://www.umm.edu/doctors/john_w_cole.html

Stroke and Stroke Prevention (Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb4syx59-kg

Maryland Brain Attack and Stroke Center
http://www.umm.edu/neurosciences/stroke.htm

Podcast: Smoking and Stroke in Younger Women
http://www.umm.edu/podcasts/2009/stroke_smoking_young_women_cole.htm

Brain Attack Team
http://www.umm.edu/neurosciences/brainattack.htm
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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• stroke
• brain
• brain attack
• stroke prevention
• tia
• transient ischemic attack
• rehabilitation
• stroke rehab
• neurology
• neuroscience
• john cole
• ummc

[scruffy281]

Can this TIA type of stroke happen to a 21 year old female who smokes? My daughter had an episode yesterday where she "felt like she was hanging upside down in a tree" she said her veins were popping out in her neck. Her face was very red and her eyes "looked like they were bleeding. She also said that she woke up in the morning with her vision very blurred (which lasted for about 2 hours). When the episode occured around noon that day, her speech was slurred and she felt numb. lasted 2 hrs.