What Stroke United Aims to Do
Since the summer of 2008, I have created and maintained a website called Stroke United, an unofficial liaison between the public and medical community on matters concerning stroke. Stroke United is a free and easily accessible website aimed to increase awareness to the open public about the many dangers of stroke and ways to prevent it. On the website I post weekly updates of stroke news, read and handpicked by me, from a variety of reliable and consistent organizations such as the Internet Stroke Center, the National Stroke Association, and Science Daily. Among many other things, Stroke United contains valuable information of the inner workings of this neurological disorder via plain text and videos. Stroke United encourages and facilitates lively discussions, through forums, among its website users. I also created this website to bring resources and services pertinent to the users such as recommending stroke-related books as well as links to other credible stroke organizations. In addition, I have assembled and sorted very useful online tools for the site ranging from online personal risk assessments and fitness plans to online stroke education and support groups.
STROKE UNITED
National Stroke Association
www.stroke.org
American Stroke Association
www.strokeassociation.org
Stroke Journal
www.strokejournal.org
Mayo Clinic
www.mayoclinic.com
American Heart
www.americanheart.org
WebMD Stroke Center
www.webmd.com
NINDS
www.ninds.nih.gov
eMedicineHealth
www.emedicinehealth.com
Family Doctor
www.familydoctor.org
Health Scout
www.healthscout.com
Stroke Center
www.strokecenter.stanford.edu