Articles tagged with 'stroke awareness month' | Intermountain Health

When Stephen Cote woke up for work two years ago, it felt like an ordinary morning, until it wasn’t. “All of a sudden, things didn’t work right,” Cote said. “My arm, my speech, everything was off.” Cote was having a …

May is Stroke Awareness Month.  One in 20 adult deaths are due to strokes, strokes are the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. Stroke is a term that physicians use when a part of the brain is damaged because of a problem …

A stroke can affect anyone at any age; however, they are less common in younger individuals. That is why when Krista Jenkins woke up one morning last January, her condition surprised her and her family.“My dog was whining, and I called to her …

Sixty-six-year-old Gary Spahn was at work when he experienced a stroke. He was talking with a group of colleagues when he suddenly found that he couldn’t speak. He felt fine and wanted to participate in the conversation but physically couldn’t. He …