New nanomaterial passes the blood-brain barrier to reduce damaging inflammation after the most common form of stroke. When ...

Strokes are a medical emergency, yet imaging can capture only snapshots of how brain damage develops in the hours and days ...

Expanded eligibility for advanced stroke therapies and new recommendations for diagnosing and treating stroke in children and ...

Having an ischemic stroke during pregnancy or three months after pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of ...

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 ...

After nonfatal myocardial infarction or stroke, initiation of a GLP-1 receptor agonist was linked to reduced risk for all-cause and CV-related mortality in patients with diabetes, researchers reported ...

Physical rehabilitation and symptom management still remain the mainstay of treatment for stroke, as clot removal or ...

Cardiorespiratory exercise after ischemic stroke had benefits on cognition but not brain volume in a randomized controlled study conducted in Australia. In the PISCES-ZODIAC trial, an 8-week ...

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 ...

Strokes are the leading cause of adult disability across the UK, impacting an estimated 100,000 individuals annually. They events occur when the brain's blood supply is abruptly interrupted, either by ...