Every stroke begins with a sudden interruption of blood flow in the brain. But what happens afterward—why neurons continue to ...

Talk about a brain teaser. While the obvious signs of a stroke are easy to spot, there are several subtle symptoms that can slip under the radar. But don’t let them deceive you. “All symptoms of ...

A Utah teen self-diagnosed her own stroke thanks to nursing training — and later learned she had a congenital heart disorder ...

A new study suggests that a novel anti-clotting drug may reduce the risk of a second stroke without increasing bleeding, ...

Dr. Sandra Lee, best known as Dr. Pimple Popper, has been recovering after having a stroke while filming Lifetime's "Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out." ...

It all began with a mysterious ringing in her ears. Aubrey Hasley, 23, was a normal graduate student studying occupational therapy at Elmhurst University in Illinois when she woke up one morning to a ...

Findings from a recent study found that living in more developed areas was linked to a slightly lower risk of a first-time ...

What are the optimal measures to take in a patient with progressing stroke, or "stroke-in-evolution?" Once or twice each year, I will encounter a patient with a mild deficit upon admission who ...

In-hospital strokes — defined as those occurring during hospitalization for another diagnosis — are relatively common, affecting between 35,000 and 75,000 patients each year in the US. While the ...

Sandra Lee (Dr. Pimple Popper) reveals that she had a stroke last November. She explains the first subtle signs that she ...

High blood pressure is the main modifiable risk factor for preventing cardiovascular events in people who have had a stroke or transient ischaemic attack; however, only approximately one in three ...