Tag: stroke-month
![Woman putting on a the blood pressure cuff of a home monitoring kit.](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Sreenshot-03-scaled.jpg)
Lower your blood pressure to avoid risk of stroke
June is stroke awareness month and October 29 is World Stroke Day. A stroke is when blood stops reaching any...
![Dr. Wes Oczkowski](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Stroke-Month-Dr.-Wes-Oczkowski-HGH-22.06.09-Media-Selects-002-scaled.jpg)
Passing the baton to the next generation of HHS stroke care doctors, researchers
What a difference 30 years makes – especially in stroke care and research. When neurologist Dr. Wes Oczkowski joined Hamilton...
![Stroke patient looking out at the lake](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Stroke-Month-Nancy-Hindmarsh-Hamilton-21.06.23-Web-Size-013.jpg)
“Stroke” takes on new meaning for dragon boat paddler
When Nancy Hindmarsh woke up with no feeling in her arm, she thought it was just asleep from an awkward...
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