Stroke is the leading cause of serious long-term disability and among the top five causes of death in the United States: more ...

By Liberty Gilbert and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A recent study finds that people under the age of 50 who smoke heavily have a higher risk of experiencing an unexplained stroke. The study, ...

A new study 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. A new study by UCLA ...

Fascinating - as a stroke survivor, of course I need this, but realize that it was probably too long ago. However, I'm fascinated that this was the first time I read about the damage to the ...

Every year, around 46,000 people in the UK experience a transient ischaemic attack (TIA), commonly referred to as a "mini stroke", for the first time. TIAs occur when there is a temporary ...

Vladimir Putin is showing "the consequences of a mini-stroke," according to a former Kremlin speechwriter. Abbas Gallyamov, who worked as Mr Putin's speechwriter during his first two terms as ...

Higher stress as a discrete measure and moderate stress associated with CIS in women, but not in men. HealthDay News — Self-perceived stress is associated with cryptogenic ischemic stroke (CIS ...

In women, but not in men, higher stress as a discrete measure was associated with cryptogenic ischemic stroke. (HealthDay News) — Self-perceived stress is associated with cryptogenic ischemic ...

Compared with 69% of patients who received alteplase, 72% of patients who received recombinant human prourokinase achieved an mRS score of 0 and 1 at 90 days. Recombinant human prourokinase is ...

Researchers have found in a new study that smoking doubles the risk of cryptogenic ischemic stroke (CIS). The strongest association was observed in men and individuals aged 45-49 years. The incidence ...

Greater self-perceived stress was linked to early-onset cryptogenic ischemic stroke regardless of traditional stroke risk factors. In a sex-specific analysis, this association was seen among women ...

HealthDay News — Self-perceived stress is associated with cryptogenic ischemic stroke (CIS), according to a study published online March 5 in Neurology. Shakar Kutal, from the Helsinki University ...