Sentences with phrase «strokes in young people»

But strokes in young people can also be caused by an underlying abnormality — like a congenital defect in the heart — that no one knew about beforehand.

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But people who have this stroke just before or after birth recover their language abilities in the mirror image spot on the right side, a study of teens and young adults shows.

In the case reports / series, eight out of 10 strokes associated with the use of methamphetamine use among young people were haemorrhagic.

The stimulant methamphetamine, also popularly known as «speed,» «ice» and «meth,» is linked to a heightened risk of stroke among young people, reveals a review of the available evidence, published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

Given the often disabling or fatal consequences of a stroke, and the increasing use of methamphetamine among young people, particularly in countries around the Pacific rim (North America, East and Southeast Asia, and Oceania), the findings are a cause for concern, warn the researchers.

Two of the most recognized causes of sudden death during an endurance race are arrhythmic death, sudden death usually caused by undetected heart disease in a young and seemingly healthy person, and heat stroke; however, the authors noted sudden death from an undetected heart condition often receives more attention from the medical community and the media.

METHAMPHETAMINE makes young people almost five times as likely to have a stroke caused by a bleed in the brain.

«It is known that spouses of older stroke patients experience health - related physical and mental issues, and that the degree of their problems is associated with the severity of the stroke, but ours is the first long - term study of seven years follow up to explore this in a younger group of people,» said Josefine Persson, M.Sc., study author and a researcher and Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

While this particular type of stroke is rare, strokes in general are on the rise in younger people, according to the American Heart Association, likely due to health factors like hypertension.

If you're young, it's unlikely your leg numbness is due to a stroke; strokes are more common in people over the age of 60.

Young's spare, sweeping brush strokes capture the dignity and spirit of Casanova's retelling of a poignant but ultimately uplifting Chinese folktale in which a hunter must sacrifice himself to save the people of his village.

Within a few years after quitting smoking, a former smoker's risk of stroke falls to about the same level as that observed in people who have never smoked.50 Quitting also benefits children, especially if a parent quits while their child is still young.