Kristie Kaluza, a TikTok user, experienced a stroke during a live session. She lost speech control and felt tremors. Her ...

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A new study published in Nature Cardiovascular Research found that while carotid artery narrowing can lead to stroke in both ...

A stroke, sometimes called a brain attack, occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or ruptures. When that happens, parts of the brain ...

The risk for subsequent stroke is persistently high for patients who have had a transient ischemic attack or minor stroke.

When younger patients, people typically under 60, experience stroke, doctors sometimes find a PFO as the cause. Patients can ...

Heavy drinkers who have eight or more alcoholic drinks per week have an increased risk of brain lesions called hyaline arteriolosclerosis, signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and ...

People start to feel better, and the more time that passes after the first stroke, they might reconsider whether the ...

Rick: There are literally millions of people that have a transient ischemic attack or a minor stroke. A transient ischemic attack, or some people call it a pre-stroke, but these are people that ...

About The Study: Patients who have had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke are at a persistently high risk of subsequent stroke. The findings from this study underscore the need for ...

The staging system for heart attacks describes the extent of tissue damage to the heart. Stage 1 heart attacks do not cause any death of the heart tissue, while stage 4 causes severe damage. Some ...

Accordingly, FSRSs and corresponding mean 10-year stroke risks were also higher in the VA cohort. EHS indicates Eskenazi Health System; TIA, transient ischemic attack; and VA, Veterans Health ...