stroke
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The Mayo Clinic says a subarachnoid hemorrhage is a type of stroke that involves bleeding in the space between the brain and the tissues that cover the brain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Stanford University researchers trained an AI model, which from a single night’s sleep, can flag a person’s risk for roughly 130 diseases, including heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and dementia, years before diagnosis.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Mr. Douglas relates that his father, after suffering a stroke in 1996, came to regret his emotional deficiencies and tried to become more loving and present.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Across these studies, higher levels of dairy trans fats were not associated with an increased risk of heart disease, stroke or cardiovascular death.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
He shuffles toward the workbench, one foot slightly turned in like Papa’s after his stroke.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
She turned on a heart-shaped computer light, stroked back her long hair and unmuted herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Michael Phelps crawl stroked away from his first retirement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Alice Capsey stroked 40 and Heather Knight 25 but most impressive was a barnstorming unbroken partnership of 61 from just 21 balls from Freya Kemp and Dani Gibson.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Luke McCowan stroked home the winner after just 28 seconds and played positively, while in the back four Dane Murray, and Marcelo Sarrachi stood out in a gutsy display.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
She stroked its sides as if Ella had insulted it.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
The movie shows this discovery as a tender moment, with only a few days passing and Almásy lying next to Katharine’s recently deceased body, stroking her hair.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
"I just remember holding his hand and stroking his arm, and saying, 'It's OK, you can go now, we're all good, you've done your job.'"
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
Ms. Waller-Bridge was almost as funny as Jean Smart in “Hacks,” which lost the Emmy to Seth Rogen’s wobbly vehicle “The Studio,” another example of the industry stroking itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
Because like when she does the chime stroking things or like, the brush strokes, which are the really soft sounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
Marco looks down, surprised to find that he has been holding his right hand in his left, unconsciously stroking the empty space where a ring was once burned into his skin.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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