Be Well: Understanding Strokes and How Doctors Work to Reverse Their Effects
Strokes have become the leading cause of disability among Americans and the fourth leading cause of death. With so many people impacted by the complication, new methods of treatment have emerged that look to mitigate deaths and reverse symptoms and signs of stroke.
Federal health advisers voted overwhelmingly against an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig’s disease at a Wednesday meeting prompted by years of patient efforts seeking access to the unproven therapy.
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that federal disaster assistance is available for Louisiana, which is working to slow a mass inflow of salt water creeping up the Mississippi River and threatening drinking water supplies in the southern part of the state.
