Stroke - Treatment. Treating stroke. Effective treatment of stroke can prevent long-term disability and save lives. The specific treatments recommended depend on whether a stroke is caused by a blood clot obstructing the flow of blood to the brain (ischaemic stroke) or by bleeding in or around the brain (haemorrhagic stroke).
Friday's announcement increases the possibility that Navient could be frozen out of the federal student loan system, a once-unlikely situation considering that the company makes its money off government-backed student debt.
Mortgage debt is one component of household debt, also known as consumer debt. Federal Reserve Bank of New York numbers from the third quarter of 2010 indicate that total household debt is $11.6 trillion. Mortgage debt comprises 74 percent of that total, or $8.6 trillion.