Jenna Best, SLP, a speech-language pathologist at the University of Miami Health System, discusses the evidence-based techniques UHealth offers patients who have lost the ability to communicate due to stroke or other neurological disorder. Ruby Villalonga is one of those patients.

Jenna Best, SLP, a speech-language pathologist at the University of Miami Health System, discusses the evidence-based techniques UHealth offers patients who have lost the ability to communicate due to stroke or other neurological disorder. Ruby Villalonga is one of those patients.

Stroke is something that affects many of us, whether it’s happened to us personally or to someone we love, but oftentimes, the perception is that strokes can only happen to older people. That assumption is wrong.

The University of Miami is one of 17 sites for a nationwide study into a new treatment for ischemic stroke.

Kristen Aguirre, by all accounts, did everything right: She wanted to deliver the news, and work as a storyteller, especially for underserved communities -- and after college, she landed TV jobs in Quincy, Illinois; Flint, Michigan; and then Denver, working as a reporter and anchor. It seemed like nothing could stop her. Until she was blindsided by a ischemic stroke that hit the motor strip of her brain.

Stroke is something that affects many of us, whether it's happened to us personally or to someone we love, but oftentimes, the perception is that strokes can only happen to older people.

KENDALL, Fla. – Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke, which is the leading cause of serious long term disability in America. Eventually this mechanism will fail and when it failed the consequences are worse in a younger patient,” Linfante said. Also in today’s health news, leg cramps are a common problem that have some simple solutions. That’s because leg cramps can be caused by deficiencies in vitamins and minerals including Vitamin B-1, B-12, Vitamin D, Magnesium and Potassium. But before you “self-diagnose” leg cramps and possible causes, visit with a physician for full testing to understand if a vitamin or mineral deficiency is the root cause.