Every year, nearly 800,000 people suffer a stroke in America, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Sadly, one in six of those individuals—roughly 137,000 people—will not survive the ...

Propranolol is associated with a reduced risk for overall stroke among women with migraine, with a more pronounced protective effect for ischemic stroke.

Snow sports instructor Nikki McKilliam is preparing to take on the 100-mile Alpine Climb in celebration of a decade since a ...

There’s new wisdom about a brain diagnosis that shouldn’t be ignored. Research consistently shows that experiencing a stroke ...

An Alabama family experiencing health issues -- including stroke-like symptoms and respiratory illness -- discovered toxic mold in their home.

The idea originated in the late 1980s, the experts said, when researchers described individuals with no apparent symptoms of ...

The concept of a cognitive reserve is linked to lowering the risk of diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, MS or having ...

One in six deaths from cardiovascular disease in the United States is due to stroke, and over 100 million people worldwide ...

Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery resulted in stroke survivors being more likely to have better function 90 days ...

In a randomized clinical trial, giving the clot-busting medication alteplase up to 24 hours after stroke symptoms first appeared increased the odds of better recovery by 50% compared to those who ...

Canadian cardiac electrophysiologist and researcher, Dr. Roopinder K. Sandhu, knows these statistics well and is working to ...

A damning lawsuit revealed that New Jersey cops manhandled Cheryl Rhines as she lost total control of her bodily functions ...