2. Stroke -- Information from Healthwise
Research fellowships in cerebrovascular disease. Maintains a listing of support groups for stroke survivors, their families, friends and interested professionals. Dedicated to reducing the incidence and impact of stroke through prevention,...
http://www.everettclinic.com/kbase/shc/shc53.htm

3. Stroke -- Information from Health A to Z
Cerebral thrombosis and cerebral embolism are caused by blood clots that block an artery supplying the brain, either in the brain itself or in the neck. In addition, in left brain dominant people, who constitute a significant majority of the...
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/stroke.jsp

4. Stroke -- Information from the Merck Manual
A stroke is a disorder in which the arteries to the brain become blocked or rupture, resulting in death of brain tissue. If a hemorrhagic stroke is not massive and pressure within the brain is not very high, outcome is likely to be better after...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec06/ch086/ch086a.html#sec06-ch086-ch086a-647