Nearly 1 in 6 of world
Nearly 1 in 6 of world

Up to 1 billion people, nearly one in six of the world’s population, suffer from neurological disorders, according to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) study titled “Neurological Disorders: Public health challenges”.

Silent strokes could cause learning deficits
Silent strokes could cause learning deficits

Silent strokes, which have no immediate symptoms but could cause long-term cognitive and learning deficits, occur in a significant number of severely anemic children, especially those with sickle cell disease, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2011.

UN releases pocket-charts for combating heart attack and stroke
UN releases pocket-charts for combating heart attack and stroke

Due to the launch of the “Pocket Guidelines for Assessment and Management of Cardiovascular Risk”, which is available in six languages, health workers around the world will be able to easily identify those at risk of heart attacks and strokes and save some of the estimated 20 million lives lost to these diseases annually by prescribing the most appropriate treatment.

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