Clinical trials for treatments to prevent recurring strokes typically only include participants who have little to no disability from a prior stroke. A new Yale study finds that leaving patients with ...

A leading cause of disability in the United States is hemiparesis, a condition where impaired motor control, muscle weakness, and spasticity affect one side of the body. Occurring in 80% of stroke ...

In adults discharged home after an emergency department visit for dizziness, the 30-day incidence of stroke with disability or death was very low — approximately 1 in 2500 patients. Researchers ...

Innovations in stroke diagnostics and treatment techniques are saving brains — and lives — and making it possible to reverse disability from stroke. Since most strokes are “ischemic,” or caused by a ...

A recent study by Simon Fraser University researchers has revealed how an overlooked type of indirect brain damage contributes to ongoing disability after a stroke. "Our findings suggest that indirect ...

A type of therapy that stimulates specific brain pathways with electromagnetic pulses combined with physical therapy significantly reduced overall disability in stroke survivors compared to survivors ...

· Use of successful medications to break up blood clots rose from 4% to 14% due to new approach Suspected stroke victims now bypass emergency room for CT scanner and nurse stroke experts, who support ...

A global increase in stroke-related death and disability has been linked to extreme temperatures related to climate change, data from a 30-year global study showed. In the first study to assess the ...

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An update has been issued to MPs over NHS stroke treatment. Stroke patients need urgent treatment to avoid long-term or ...

Nearly 13.8 percent of stroke patients in India are below 45 years, with hypertension identified as the leading risk factor ...