A major new campaign has been launched to help people identify stroke symptoms after it emerged the average time it took for a sufferer to dial 999 was an hour and a half. The NHS on Monday urged the ...

An NHS worker has told how she had to learn to walk again after suffering a stroke at the age of just 36. Gillian Gordon, who worked at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, was immediately able to spot the ...

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A stroke is a very serious and life-threatening medical condition that can happen when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. It can affect things like speech and movement, and take a long ...