Stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term disability worldwide and often results in impairments in movement, speech ...

Scientists have discovered that a common type of stroke may have a very different cause than doctors once thought. Instead of fatty plaque clogging arteries, the strongest link was found with enlarged ...

A new study from scientists at the University of Rochester Medicine suggests that reinforcing the body's natural daily rhythms to improve sleep could help the brain recover after a stroke, pointing to ...

Ischaemic stroke arises when cerebral blood flow is critically reduced, depriving neural tissue of oxygen and glucose. The primary event is often thromboembolic occlusion of a major artery, though ...

At 8 a.m., in an apartment in Guro-gu, Seoul. Kim, 69, was trying to button his dress shirt to go out when his right hand wouldn’t obey. “Maybe I drank too much yesterday…” he thought, dismissing it.

Understanding how hibernation affects neurons sheds light on how neurons adapt to changing states and can inform treatment strategies for conditions in which neurons are damaged or impaired. In a new ...

The use of thrombectomy in patients with acute stroke and a large infarct of unrestricted size has not been well studied. We assigned, in a 1:1 ratio, patients with proximal cerebral vessel occlusion ...

The monsoon offers some relief from the scorching summer heat, but it also brings with it a host of unseen health risks. TheHealthSite.com ...

Blocking the activity of ZFP384 can prolong the brain’s endogenous repair functions after stroke, report researchers in a ...

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is a major cause of hemorrhagic stroke, a frequent contributor to age-related cognitive impairment, and a key component in adverse responses to beta-amyloid (Aβ) ...

BERLIN, Germany—Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are more likely than similar individuals without the arrhythmia to have brain infarcts detected on MRI, an analysis of the Swiss-AF cohort study ...