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

A Delray Beach doctor survived a brain bleed, stroke, fall and major recovery. He says he nearly died 3 times. He now has a message to share, having seen long-term health care as a patient.

A case report describes mechanical thrombectomy performed 28 hours after stroke onset, guided by CT perfusion showing salvageable tissue, with marked neurologic recovery at discharge.

Stroke recovery represents one of the most challenging yet hopeful journeys in medicine. While the brain damage from a stroke cannot be reversed, the remarkable ability of the human brain to rewire ...

Imagine your brain as a bustling city with millions of interconnected highways carrying information at lightning speed. Now picture what happens when a major earthquake hits, destroying some of those ...

Hospitals are referring a larger share of stroke patients to inpatient rehabilitation facilities, which typically favor home health as the provider of any additional step-down care, a recent study ...

For people with ischemic stroke, treatment with the clot-busting drug tenecteplase is associated with a slightly higher likelihood of an excellent recovery and reduced disability three months later ...

The NHS Fast (Face, Arms, Speech, Time) acronym is a simple way to help people identify the most common signs of a stroke: Face – has their face fallen on one side? Can they smile? Arms – can they ...