Patient Resources: Foods that can trigger stroke...avoid them!



A good article on types of food which can trigger stroke. Stay away from them to avoid incidence of stroke...

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Patient Resources: Coiling



What is coiling? In the 1990s, coiling was introduced as a way of treating ruptured and unruptured aneurysms without the need for a craniotomy (an operation to open the head to expose the brain). Coiling involves approaching the aneurysm from inside the blood vessel, avoiding the need to open the skull. Small platinum coils are inserted...

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Patient Resources: Stroke



What is a stroke/’brain attack’? A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain function(s) due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. The traditional definition of stroke, devised by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the 1970s, is a "neurological deficit of cerebrovascular cause that persists beyond 24 hours or is interrupted...

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