When someone is affected by a stroke, the standard treatment to restore blood flow to the brain can both save their life and ...

A new blood marker reflects the extent of brain injury after an ischemic stroke and can predict patient outcomes months to years later. Strokes are a medical emergency, yet imaging can ...

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

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

A stroke patient who was rushed last year to an Orange County hospital that specializes in treating strokes suffered major brain damage after waiting nearly eight hours for surgery because the medical ...

A stem cell therapy for stroke restored neuron function and revealed how transplanted cells navigate the nervous system.

Keeping your mouth healthy may help keep your heart and brain healthy too, according to new research. Keeping your mouth healthy may help keep your heart and brain healthy too, according to new ...

Cardiologist Bob Harrington talks to Mitch Elkind, chief science officer for Brain Health and Stroke at the AHA, about the ...

Every year, more than 795,000 Americans experience a stroke, according to the CDC-and for every one of those people, their ...

People who start smoking before age 20 face a dangerously higher risk of stroke, heart attack, and early death, a major study ...