The University of Cincinnati's Pooja Khatri spoke with Medscape on a new American Heart Association advisory recommending ...

Regaining walking ability is an important part of stroke recovery. The 2016 American Stroke Association Guidelines for Adult Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: A Guideline for Health Care ...

People who regularly floss their teeth (one or more times per week) may lower their risk of stroke caused by a blood clot traveling from the heart and a stroke associated with an irregular heartbeat ...

Increased levels of Streptococcus anginosus, a common type of bacteria that usually lives in the mouth and gut, was found in the gut of recent stroke survivors in Japan.

People with brain bleeds had nearly 7 times higher blood levels of a specific brain protein, called glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), than those who had strokes caused by clots in a study ...

Did you know heart disease claims a life in the U.S. every 37 seconds? While you may already know the main culprits behind ...

The research, which has not been peer-reviewed, will be presented next week at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2025. Besides potentially lowering stroke risk ...

When it comes to prompting people to call 911 at the first sign of stroke, both F.A.S.T. and BE-FAST stroke warning signs acronyms were equally effective. However, people remembered the key stroke ...

BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women, claiming the lives of 1 in 3 women. For more than two decades, Go Red for Women has encouraged awareness.

according to a preliminary study to be presented next week at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2025 in Los Angeles. “Flossing was also linked to better overall ...

Flossing at least once a week can significantly lower the risk of various types of stroke, including ischemic stroke, cardioembolic stroke, and atrial fibrillation (AFib). This practice is linked to ...