HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists have identified a class of immune cells that floods the brain soon after a stroke, causing inflammation and more neurological damage. In an experiment, Japanese ...

The NHS Fast (Face, Arms, Speech, Time) acronym is a simple way to help people identify the most common signs of a stroke: ...

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 ...

April 19, 2007 — Spatial neglect, a common poststroke disability, has been linked to impaired communication between attention networks in the dorsal and ventral frontoparietal areas of the brain, a ...

A stroke — either a blockage of blood flow to the brain or bleeding in the brain — is a medical emergency that requires immediate treatment. The two types of stroke are treated differently but can ...

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 new study has revealed that areas of age-related damage in the brain relate to motor outcomes after a stroke -- a phenomenon that may be under-recognized in stroke research. The new observational ...

Cambridge scientists have developed and tested a new drug in mice that has the potential to reduce damage to the brain when blood flow is restored following a stroke. The study, "Local arterial ...

A new study by UCLA Health has discovered what researchers say is the first drug to fully reproduce the effects of physical stroke rehabilitation in model mice, following from human studies. The ...

A recent study from Simon Fraser University researchers has revealed how an overlooked type of indirect brain damage contributes to ongoing disability after a stroke. The paper, published in ...

A sudden, severe headache isn't normal. A neurologist explains how intense head pain can signal a stroke, other warning signs ...

For many people, energy drinks feel like a harmless shortcut through long days and early mornings. They’re marketed as tools ...