Stroke

His combat injury and blood loss caused two strokes. He received excellent care but his life was forever changed. Read how aphasia affects the comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write.

Cholesterol: Material that provides structure for your body's cells. Too much can cause plaque to build up in your blood vessels which can block blood vessels and cause heart attacks and strokes.

VA’s National Telestroke program: a virtual hub of VA stroke neurologists covering 40 VA facilities with 20 more to be added each year. VA’s National Telestroke Program Team guarantees teams are ready.

Technology is a powerful tool for improving Veterans’ health care plans. Read how Kimberly Braswell, a cardiology nurse in Florida, is using smart watches to help Veterans monitor their own health.

Army Veteran Anthony Smith had a stroke and needed a blood transfusion. He says the transfusion saved his life by preventing another stroke. Very grateful, today he is a champion for blood donation.

Cardiovascular disease, strokes, and heart attacks are the leading causes of death in America. More than a third, or 37-percent, of Veterans have been diagnosed with hypertension and more than 40-percent have high cholesterol.

A literature review by VA researchers highlights the usefulness of biofeedback for headache and incontinence treatment, and stroke recovery. There was less evidence for its role in other conditions.

During a stroke, 1.9 million brain cells die every minute. VA’s Telestroke program is improving Veteran’s access to stroke specialists using video calls from neurologists to patients in minutes.

Strokes occur when the blood supply to a part of […]

The program is designed increase access to care and to improve patient outcomes in aphasia rehabilitation throughout VA.

Last winter, Army Veteran Dr. Gilbert Teague began working with his VA facility’s team to implement the VA National TeleStroke Program.

Too much cholesterol can cause a sticky substance (plaque) to build up in your blood vessels. This plaque can block blood vessels and cause heart attacks and strokes.