By Ed Edelson
HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Working out on a treadmill improves brain function and fitness for people who have survived a stroke and gone through the usual rehabilitation program, a new study found.

TUESDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Imagine you're in a foreign country where learning the language is incredibly hard, if not impossible.

No one understands what you're saying. You can't comprehend a word. The best you can do is point and gesture, and hope the other person understands what you're trying to get across.

You're now in a position to better understand what a person suffering from aphasia goes through on a daily basis. Caused by injury to the brain, often due to stroke, aphasia affects the production or comprehension of speech, be it verbal or written.

Mellanie True Hills explains what being on Coumadin was like.

Mellanie explains the Simple 5-Step Program (HEART Program). Mellanie True Hills is a heart survivor, an AFIB patient advocate and the author of A Woman's Guide to Saving Her Own Life: The HEART Program for Health & Longevity.

THURSDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Dawn Marie Perkins wasn't even seven months pregnant with her twin boys when she knew something had gone terribly wrong.

After numerous tests and evaluations, Perkins quickly learned that strokes aren't something that just happens in the elderly; they can even strike an infant still in the womb.

THURSDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have identified 170 more proteins to add to the 91 already known to be associated with programmed cell death, or apoptosis.

They also uncovered new information about how these proteins may function. The findings may help in the development of new drug treatments for stroke and a number of diseases, the researchers said.

Listen to Dr. DeGuzman talk about the functions of the left atrial in the heart.

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Women 60 and older taking the hormone-replacement therapy drug tibolone to relieve menopausal symptoms are at an increased risk for stroke, a new study finds.

Tibolone is a synthetic drug that acts like the female hormones estrogen and progesterone in relieving menopausal symptoms. But, unlike estrogen and progesterone, it also reduces the risk of some cancers, the study authors said.

TUESDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Earlier onset, longer duration and greater severity of diabetes may increase the risk for mild cognitive impairment, according to Mayo Clinic researchers.

Previous research identified a link between mild cognitive impairment and diabetes. Poor blood glucose (sugar) control over a long period of time may lead to a loss of brain cells, according to background information in a news release about the study.

In addition, diabetes is associated with cardiovascular disease risk and stroke, which may increase the risk of cognitive impairment.

MONDAY, Aug. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Living a healthy lifestyle can cut your risk of stroke by about 80 percent, new research suggests.