People are understandably concerned when health conditions or infectious diseases that were once well-managed start increasing again, but proper education and advancements in medicine mean we often ...
Giving intravenous (IV) tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) within 90 minutes was strongly and independently associated with excellent outcome in patients with mild to moderate acute ischemic stroke in ...
Even though young African-Americans are at three times greater risk of a first stroke than their white counterparts, they may not be at a higher risk for a second stroke, according to a study ...
A large meta-analysis found that initiating DOACs without delay in certain stroke patients reduced future stroke events without increasing symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage. The report included the ...
When someone is having a stroke, every minute counts. A Chattanooga woman we spoke with says she wishes she'd known the warning signs before her husband had his first stroke. Now, experts at Erlanger ...
Hormone replacement therapy using vaginal estrogen tablets was not associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke for postmenopausal women who have already had a stroke, according to a data ...
Risk for dementia is nearly 80% higher in stroke survivors than in those without stroke, a new study reveals. The data suggest risk declines within 1 year after stroke but remains elevated for up to ...
DAVIS, California (KOVR/KMAX) — Chloe Barr was just 18 years old when she suffered a life-changing stroke. In 2023, while at her family home in Davis on spring break during her freshman year at UC ...