Anyone can have a stroke but by assessing your risk factors and working on leading a healthy lifestyle you can not only ...

F.A.S.T. -- can help bystanders recognize the first signs of stroke and call 911 right away, a new study says. Both F.A.S.T ...

A stroke occurs when a blood vessel ... Facial droop or uneven smile A: Arm weakness or an inability to hold both arms up without one drifting down S: Speech difficulty, including slurred speech ...

[5] During the arm stabilisation test, the presence of a pronator drift, a mild elbow flexion and passive abduction of the little finger and sometimes adjacent fingers (Souques' sign) are ...

Stroke is an emergent ... (absence of facial movement in the upper and lower face) 5. and 6. Motor arm and leg (drift is scored if the arm falls before 10 seconds or the leg before 5 seconds ...

Dr Varadharajan highlighted that current prehospital stroke assessment scales focus on facial droop, arm drift, grip weakness ...

Ruth Carter lost the use of her right arm when she suffered a stroke a month ago. Just 10 days ago 64-year-old Horace Cox lost the use of his left arm when he had a stroke. These stroke survivors ...

Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability and preventable ... Can one arm not be raised upward or does one arm drift downward? Speech - Ask the person to repeat a simple phrase like "The sky ...