6 sentences with “stroke”

His mother, Ellen, reached over to stroke his hair to reassure him.

Link to stroke. Researchers at the University of Kentucky say that small strokes that affect certain regions of the brain can significantly increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

Finally, the eastern Roman Empire enjoyed a stroke of good fortune in the threats it faced from outside the frontiers: the barbarians went west and Persia did not launch major invasions.

By a stroke of bad luck, there were 200 Scandinavian cops staying at the hotel for a convention, and by the time Roberts, Olsen and Ulving met the ex-convict Walker, he was a nervous wreck.

"There are not many effective remedies for head injuries," says Dr Michael Walker, director of the stroke and trauma department at the National Institute of Neurological Conditions and Stroke. "This therapy is promising."

They were suffering from serious diseases such as pneumonia, asthma, stroke and others that had long since been eradicated from or never existed in the developed world: malaria, tuberculosis, typhoid and schistosomiasis. Many others arrived with infected wounds or abscesses.