2. Shingles Raises Stroke Risk: Study - US News and World Report
Patients with the virus should be monitored for high blood pressure, expert says

3. Fitness Might Limit Stroke's Impact - US News and World Report
People who exercise prior to attack do better, study finds

4. Stroke Prevention: 5 Ways to Prevent a Brain Attack - US News and World Report
You can prevent the third-leading cause of death and the top cause of adult disability in the U.S.

5. 5 Ways to Prevent a Stroke From Disabling You - US News and World Report
700,000 people experience a brain attack each year. But quick action can produce a strong recovery

6. USNews.com: Health: Stroke: Causes
Strokes result from an interruption of blood flow to a portion of the brain and the subsequent death of those brain cells. This interruption of blood flow can occur in two different ways: by a blood clot--a thrombus--that gets lodged in blood ves...

7. Stroke  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
A stroke is an interruption of the blood supply to any part of the brain. A stroke is sometimes called a "brain attack." See also: Arteriovenous malformation (AVM; Hemorrhagic stroke; Stroke secondary to carotid dissection (bleeding from the carot...• Reviewer: Daniel B. Hoch, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

8. Stroke : ISCHEMIC STROKES  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
The causes of arterial occlusion, or ischemic strokes, are multiple. The most frequent is atherosclerotic disease of extracranial and/or intracranial arteries; the former is more common in Caucasians, while the latter is more frequent among Africa...• Author: FRANK YATSU