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It always makes me sad when the athletes I grew up with start showing signs of aging and mortality. Former University of Florida and Tampa Bay Bucs linebacker Scot Brantley was one of the players who I admired when I was a teenager because he played with such incredible passion.
Title: Mini-Strokes May Cause Vision Loss Category: Health News Created: 7/8/2009 7:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/8/2009
It seemed as if Snoqualmie residents Nathan and Genevieve Gunderson had achieved the American dream. The couple owned a home, had good jobs and were raising their energetic daughter, 14-month-old Mikaela.
A study of people who suffer the mini-strokes called silent cerebral infarcts could help explain the medical mystery of normal-tension glaucoma, Hong Kong ophthalmologists report.
Hong Kong researchers implicate silent infarcts in glaucoma.
Patients who suffer from transient ischaemic attack (so-called "mini-strokes") are more likely to receive rapid assessment and care if they attend a hospital which has organised stroke care services, according to the results of a survey published in the Medical Journal of Australia.
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