Strokes are the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of disability, according to the American Stroke Association. "Stroke is injury to the brain from impairment of ...

Stroke recovery represents one of the most challenging yet hopeful journeys in medicine. While the brain damage from a stroke cannot be reversed, the remarkable ability of the human brain to rewire ...

About 25% of Americans will experience a stroke, according to Steven Edgley, MD, director of stroke rehabilitation at University of Utah Health since 2006. Edgley knows full well how life-changing a ...

When a partner undergoes a stroke, its ripple effects extend far beyond the individual directly impacted. It’s a transformative and trying time for both partners, as they jointly navigate the ...

How Does the Brain Recover After Stroke? Like any other organ or tissue in the human body, the brain is primed to heal and has mechanisms of healing. However, given the complex organization of the ...

An early-stage clinical trial has shown that deep brain stimulation (DBS) applied to the cerebellum may aid the recovery of upper limb function after stroke. Researchers studied 12 people with ...

The ability to follow instructions and its impact on the rehabilitation of stroke patients has never been investigated — until now. Researchers at the Joint Laboratory for Neurological Rehabilitation ...

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

The ability to follow instructions and its impact on the rehabilitation of stroke patients has never been investigated. At the Joint Laboratory for Neurological Rehabilitation Research of Ben-Gurion ...

A nanomaterial based on a platform developed by Professor Samuel Stupp crosses the blood-brain barrier and targets harmful ...