Article: Lower Body Temperature Lowers Stroke Death Rate

Abnormally high body temperature within 24 hours of having a stroke may increase risk for death; While reducing body temperature immediately after a stroke can reduce the death rate from stroke, say two studies carried in Friday's Stroke, Journal of the American Heart Association.

Spanish researchers examining 260 patients with stroke found the relationship between brain damage and high body temperature is greater when the temperature increase occurs immediately after the

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