A new blood marker reflects the extent of brain injury after an ischemic stroke and can predict patient outcomes months to ...

In 2006, Kevin Sheth was a 27-year-old neurology resident in Boston, at both Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In that role, he did rotations within their neurology ...

Neurologists are exploring medications that would help the brain recover after a stroke or traumatic injury. Credit...Fabio-Consoli Supported by By Rachel E. Gross The first thing Debra McVean did ...

When a person suffers a stroke, physicians must restore blood flow to the brain as quickly as possible to save their life.

Ischemic stroke is a major cause of death and disability, caused by a sudden loss of oxygen supply to the brain due to blocked blood vessels. Recanalization treatments such as intravenous thrombolysis ...

Headaches occurred in about 46% of patients with hemorrhagic stroke in a new meta-analysis, with a higher prevalence among those with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) than among those with intracerebral ...

Each year, thousands of stroke survivors are left with hemianopia, a condition that causes loss of half of their visual field (the “vertical midline”). Hemianopia severely affects daily activities ...

Restaurateur Tommy Fello was driving from his Ohio establishment to his house on Christmas Eve when he started veering off the road. Fello, then 71, had been awake since 4 a.m. local time preparing a ...

Stroke is one of the leading causes of serious and complex adult disability; anyone reading this could be the next stroke survivor. Every day in the UK, 240 people of all ages wake up to the effects ...

The effects of an ischemic stroke, where blood supply to the brain is blocked, can vary depending on the area that’s affected, but commonly include physical impairments like one-sided weakness and ...

The NHS Fast (Face, Arms, Speech, Time) acronym is a simple way to help people identify the most common signs of a stroke: ...