1.   He had been caring for a stroke patient who seemed to understand much of what was said to him.

2.   Surprisingly, the language problems produced by other forms of damage do not necessarily follow these principles derived from stroke patients.

3.   The care of stroke patients involves a plethora of different health and social care workers.

4.   These studies are intended to describe precisely the types of difficulty in recognising faces experienced by some stroke patients.

5.   Those available will be busy rehabilitating stroke patients, who take priority.

6.   Next, x-rays show your mother has a lung infection - a frequent problem with stroke patients.

7.   And while some stroke patients tend to neglect the left side of their bodies, the neglect does not explain the denial of paralysis.

8.   Another is that many hospitals and physicians have been slow to offer the treatment, which can cause devastating harm if given to the wrong type of stroke patient.

9.   As a result, stroke patients who a few years ago might have ended up paralyzed are being discharged with little or no impairment.

10.   Aspirin is safer and has a more immediate benefit for acute stroke patients than previously believed, according to a study in the June issue of the journal Stroke.