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Archived Health Topics  »  Stroke
Women & Stroke Quiz

Are you at risk for heart disease or stroke?

Stroke Risk Questionnaire (Siteman Cancer Center)
Spanish

Recommended Books on Stroke

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
Jill Bolte Taylor (2009)

Stronger After Stroke: Your Roadmap to Recovery
Peter G. Levine (2008)

Life after Stroke: The Guide to Recovering Your Health and Preventing Another Stroke (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)
Joel Stein MD, Julie K. Silver MD, and Elizabeth Pegg Frates MD (2006)

Striking Back at Stroke: A Doctor-Patient Journal
Cleo Hutton & Louis R. Caplan (2003)

Stroke Caregivers Handbook
Joyce Breslin

Stroke Publications (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

 

 

 

 

 

Page Last Updated November 2009
NC Support Groups

UNC Stroke Center (UNC at Chapel Hill)
(919) 966-5547

Rehabilitation Center at UNC Hospitals (UNC Health Care)
(919) 966-5666

Stroke – Web Sites Serving North Carolina (NC Health Info)

Find an Adult Care Center near You (NC Adult Day Services Association)

Support Groups (UNC Health Care)

Stroke Support Groups (American Heart Association)
Links on Stroke

Stroke (National Women’s Health Information Center)

Women and Stroke: Unique Symptoms in Women (National Stroke Association)

African Americans and Stroke (National Stroke Association)

Pulse Check: The Importance of Self-Screening for Atrial Fibrillation Twice a Year (Women’s Heart Foundation)

Know Stroke. Know the Signs. Act in Time (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Spanish

Atlas of Human Body: Brain -- Effects of Stroke (American Medical Association)

Talk with Your Doctor about Taking Aspirin Every Day (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

Post-Stroke Rehabilitation (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Spanish

Adapting the Home after a Stroke (Washington University, School of Medicine)

Stroke Recovery Scorecard (National Stroke Association)

Heart of Caregiving (American Stroke Association)

Certified Primary Stroke Centers (American Stroke Association)

Find a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician (American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)

Stroke – MedlinePlus
Spanish

 
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