Latest Stroke News

Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has suffered a serious stroke, a post on his X account says

Nov. 25, 2024 19:21 PM EST

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Kim Dotcom, the internet entrepreneur fighting deportation from New Zealand to the United States on charges relating to his file-sharing website Megaupload, has suffered a “serious stroke,” a post on his X account said Monday. “I have the best...

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich had a stroke earlier this month, is expected to make full recovery

Nov. 14, 2024 09:11 AM EST

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Basketball Hall of Famer Gregg Popovich is recovering from what the San Antonio Spurs described as a mild stroke, though there is no timetable for the NBA's longest-tenured coach to return to the sideline. Popovich had the stroke on Nov. 2 at the arena where the...

San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich has been away from the Spurs because he had a mild stroke, team announces

Nov. 13, 2024 13:08 PM EST
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich has been away from the Spurs because he had a mild stroke, team announces.

Justin Lower eagles 18th for share of lead in Mexico in the World Wide Technology Championship

Nov. 09, 2024 18:40 PM EST

LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) — Justin Lower made an 11-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th for a share of the lead Saturday in the World Wide Technology Championship with Nico Echavarria and Carson Young. Lower shot a 9-under 63 in diminished wind conditions to match his best round on the...

Here are new guidelines for preventing stroke, the nation's 4th biggest killer

Nov. 09, 2024 10:36 AM EST

The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that. Stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than half a million...

Elwood Edwards, the man behind the voice of AOL's 'You've got mail' greeting, dies at 74

Nov. 08, 2024 16:15 PM EST

Elwood Edwards, who voiced America Online’s ever-present “You’ve got mail” greeting, has died. He was 74. He died Tuesday at his home in New Bern, North Carolina, said his daughter Heather Edwards. The cause was complications from a stroke late last year, she said. ...

Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy, suffers stroke

Oct. 09, 2024 12:12 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — The family of Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy, says she's been hospitalized after suffering a stroke. In a statement on X posted Tuesday night by her daughter Kerry Kennedy, the family said it happened Thursday morning in her sleep and that she was...