After a mild stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), people who spend more time in bed sleeping or trying to sleep may be more likely to have lower scores on tests of thinking and memory skills and ...

A new 15-minute tool to screen stroke survivors for visual perception problems has been launched by researchers from Durham and Oxford universities. The free screening tool could make it easier for ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Roughly half of the patients experience headaches following a hemorrhagic stroke, with more than one third reporting severe pain — yet headache management remains a largely neglected ...

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 ...

Brigham and Women's Hospital's TIMI Study Group reports that in patients with prior ischemic stroke, very low achieved LDL-cholesterol correlated with fewer major adverse cardiovascular events and ...

As part of Stroke Awareness Month, Willis-Knighton Health is partnering with KTBS to educate the community on prevention, ...

About 5% of people older than 65 years in the United States are prescribed benzodiazepine after acute ischemic stroke (AIS) despite warnings of potential side effects in older adults, a new study ...

Scientists have discovered that transplanted stem cell-derived brain cells may do far more than simply survive after a stroke ...

A stroke is caused by an interruption of blood flow to the brain, often resulting in impaired mobility, permanent loss of ...

A mum-of-three misdiagnosed with sinusitis when having a stroke just two weeks after giving birth has revealed she is still ...