STROKES are one of the leading causes of death and have impacted hundreds and thousands of people over the age of 20.
"A stroke is caused by a loss of blood flow to brain cells. Without urgent intervention this may cause those cells to die because they constantly need energy and nutrients from the blood," said Nicole Sylvain, clinical research coordinator and lab manager for Dr. Michael Kelly, a stroke neurosurgeon and professor who's part of the Saskatchewan Cerebrovascular Center at the University of Saskatchewan.
While men and women are almost equally affected by stroke, women tend to have poorer health outcomes, according to a team of medical experts using Canadian Light Source at the Saskatchewan Cerebrovascular Center at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO