Alexandra Gomez Peña was once her doctor’s “boring patient.” But everything changed on a frigid afternoon last winter, when the 48-year-old mother of two — seemingly the picture of health — suddenly ...

In June last year, Aubrey Hasley, then 22, began experiencing “really loud” ringing in her ears. “It was pretty hard to ignore. It scared me for a few seconds,” Hasley, now 23, of the Chicago area, ...

Fast highlights the most common warning signs of stroke, but some strokes present differently. To make sure fewer cases are ...

A new set of clinical prediction rules to help paramedics classify patients with suspected stroke into different stroke subtypes in the prehospital setting has shown a high degree of accuracy in a new ...

Primary care physicians are often the first to notice transient ischemic attack stroke symptoms or risks. The right questions can help determine next steps.

Neurosurgeons and engineers at the University of Washington School of Medicine reached a milestone this summer, implanting a device inside the skull of a stroke victim that they believe can help him ...

Sarah Stollberg got her start in physical therapy at a rural nursing home in Mississippi. She saw it all: post-op care, hip fractures and stroke patients. Now in Metairie, Stollberg specializes in ...

HELSINKI, Finland—Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who have had an ischemic stroke continue to have a high risk of recurrent stroke even when they’re treated with oral anticoagulation, a ...

A case study of a male patient in his 50s linked his suffering a minor stroke to his habit of drinking eight cans of energy drinks each day.

The regular consumption of eight energy drinks a day may have contributed to a mild stroke in a middle-aged man in the UK.