This will be very helpful. First, let's define what a stroke is. Now in the medical community, everyone calls it a CVA. That stands for Cerebral Vascular Accident. There are two different types of ...

A stroke, also known as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), is characterised by an abrupt interruption or reduction in blood supply to the brain, resulting in a lack of oxygen and nutrients.

Children with sickle cell disease, a chronic hemolytic anemia, present with a wide variety of neurological syndromes, including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, transient ischemic attacks ...

Every year, strokes kill twice as many women as breast cancer. What's more, women can have different stroke symptoms than men. Some women get hiccups, hallucinations, and maybe sick to their stomachs.