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Jury Awards Woman $755,000 in Emergency Room Medical Malpractice CasePosted on 5/16/2012
New Board Recommendations Important to Safety of Atlanta PatientsPosted on 5/9/2012
Are Georgia and U.S. Doctors Committing Medical Malpractice Online?Posted on 5/2/2012
Georgia and U.S. Nursing Homes’ Emergency Preparedness QuestionedPosted on 5/1/2012
Military Man Sues U.S. Government for Medical Malpractice DamagesPosted on 4/23/2012
“Doctors and Consumers Fight Unnecessary Testing”Posted on 4/18/2012
Could a New Diagnostic Tool Help Predict Heart Attacks and Save Lives?Posted on 4/9/2012
Important New Study Published on Most Common Childhood Leukemia, ALLPosted on 4/1/2012
Are Low Income Patients More Likely to Sue for Medical Malpractice?Posted on 3/19/2012
Are State Medical Boards Protecting the Public from Medical Malpractice?Posted on 3/9/2012

How many strokes occur in the United States each year?

A: When a person suffers a stroke, brain damage often occurs (sometimes leading people to refer to them as brain attacks.) The real origins of a stroke, however, lie in problems related to the heart. Narrowing blood vessels, blood clots, inflammation of blood vessels, hardening of the arteries, embolism from the heart, abnormal formation of blood vessels and bleeding from blood vessels are all common causes for a stroke.

When blood flow to the brain is impaired, the brain cannot receive oxygen and glucose, and brain cells begin to die. According to the National Stroke Association, it is estimated that approximately 795,000 people suffer a new stroke or recurrent stroke each year. Over 75 percent of those are new strokes, with approximately 185,000 recurrent strokes occurring annually.