Stroke
Former Supreme Court president Asher Grunis hospitalized after suffering stroke
Grunis heads the Senior Appointments Advisory Committee, which in recent days has been examining the appointment of Roman Gofman as the incoming Mossad director.
Stellan Skarsgård bounces back from stroke for heartfelt performance in ‘Sentimental Value’
Flight carrying 80 Israelis lands in Saudi Arabia due to medical emergency
Wegovy injections reduce risk of heart attacks and strokes by 57%, study finds
Can Israeli AI smartphone app diagnose strokes from afar?
The company says the technology will provide the triage clinician with a tool for immediate diagnosis, with a high degree of accuracy of whether the patient has had a stroke and how severe it is.
Israel’s first-ever brain cooling at Jerusalem hospital saves life of Filipina nursing assistant
Until now, these patients have been treated with drugs or operated on.
Palestinian child suffers stroke, is saved at Jerusalem hospital
A child suffering a stroke is a rare case, with an incidence of one in half-a-million children.
Singing, especially in groups, promotes rehabilitation from strokes, study shows
Researchers have found that language function and the psychosocial well-being of patients and their families can be promoted by singing in a group.
People with this blood type have a greater chance of having a stroke
Our blood type is genetically determined, and throughout life this has several implications. Now, new research shows that there’s a connection between blood type, and the risk of having a stroke.
Can the annual flu vaccine reduce risk of stroke? - study
Researchers found that patients who had gotten a flu shot were 12% less likely to have a stroke than those who had not gotten a flu shot.
Your blood type could increase your risk for a stroke before age 60
New research shows that people with blood type A might be more likely to have an early onset stroke than blood type O.
This heart abnormality can raise your risk for dementia - study
An abnormality in the heart's left atrium known as atrial cardiopathy is already linked to stroke and atrial fibrillation, but it may be independently linked to dementia as well.
Social isolation, loneliness increase risk of heart attack, stroke - study
Social isolation and loneliness are common, but under-recognized determinants of cardiovascular and brain health.
Fast-acting white blood cells can protect from strokes - study
The new University of Pittsburgh study offers a potential therapy for protection against stroke – at least in mice.
