Stroke Pre­ven­tion

STROKE (CEREBROVASCULAR ACCI­DENT): Caused by a lack of blood to the brain, result­ing in the sud­den loss of speech, lan­guage, or the abil­ity to move a body part, and, if severe enough, death. Also known as a cere­brovas­cu­lar acci­dent (CV).

Source: National Insti­tute on Deaf­ness and Other Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Dis­or­ders

• Dietary Fats, Oils and Cho­les­terol
  Heart and Stroke Foundation. n.d. Canada. 

• Healthy Weight — Main­tain­ing a Healthy Weight
  Heart and Stroke Foundation. n.d. Canada. 

• High Blood Pres­sure
  Heart and Stroke Foundation. n.d. Canada. 

• High Cho­les­terol
  Heart and Stroke Foundation. n.d. Canada. 

• Risk & Pre­ven­tion
  Heart and Stroke Foundation. n.d. Canada. 

• Signs of Stroke
  Heart and Stroke Foundation. n.d. Canada. 

• Women’s unique risk fac­tors
  Heart and Stroke Foundation. n.d. Canada. 

• Heart and Stroke Foun­da­tion
  Heart and Stroke Foundation. n.d. Canada. 

• 100 Healthy things you can do in minutes (booklet)
  Heart and Stroke Foundation. 2015. Canada. 

• Are you at risk for heart disease or stroke? (booklet)
  Heart and Stroke Foundation. 2019. Canada. 

• Managing your blood pressure (booklet)
  Heart and Stroke Foundation. Canada. 

• How to manage your cholesterol (booklet)
  Heart and Stroke Foundation. 2019. Canada. 

• Brain Basics: Pre­vent­ing Stroke
  National Insti­tute of Neu­ro­log­i­cal Dis­or­ders and Stroke. 2017. USA.

• Com­mon Mis­con­cep­tions About Cho­les­terol
  Amer­i­can Heart Asso­ci­a­tion. 2020. USA.

• Con­trol your Cho­les­terol
  Amer­i­can Heart Asso­ci­a­tion. 2020. USA.

• What is High Blood Pres­sure?
  Amer­i­can Heart Asso­ci­a­tion. 2018. USA.

• About Stroke?
  Amer­i­can Stroke Asso­ci­a­tion. n.d. USA.

• Epilepsy after stroke
  The Stroke Asso­ci­a­tion. 2019. United Kingdom.

• Pain After Stroke
  Stroke Asso­ci­a­tion. 2018. United Kingdom.

• Healthy Liv­ing After Stroke
  Amer­i­can Stroke Asso­ci­a­tion. n.d. USA.

• The Healthy Woman: Stroke
  U.S. Depart­ment of Health and Human Ser­vices’ Office on Women’s Health. 2017. USA.

• Carotid Angio­plasty and Stent­ing
  Mayo Clinic. 2020. USA.