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Stories about: ischemic stroke

HIV Infected People Are at High Stroke Risk A new study conducted by the American Academy of Neurology, concluded that people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk having a stroke three times more than those not affected by HIV.To get to this conclusion, the scientists made a review of all the stroke hospitalizations in the US over the past ten... 20 January 2011 04:45 GMT Migraine with Aura Could 'Protect' from Stoke Disabilities A new analysis of the Women's Health Study, revealed that even though most women with a history of migraine headache with aura have a high risk of stroke, they are more likely to have mild or no disability at all, compared to those without migraine.A migraine with aura manifests itself through transient neurolog... 30 November 2010 11:00 GMT Sleep Time Linked to Postmenopausal Stroke Postmenopausal women sleeping less than six hours or more than nine hours every night have increased chances of suffering an ischemic stroke, shows a study carried out by Jiu-Chiuan Chen, assistant professor at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health. Postmenopause is a stage a woman has to go throug... 21 July 2008 04:45 GMT