More than 100 million people globally have had a stroke, but there are ways to reduce your risk and spot the signs of stroke ...

Eight years ago, at the age of 53, Jeff Miller woke up, got out of bed and fell to the floor. Although he was having trouble seeing, he managed to get down the stairs to the first floor of his ...

About 795,000 Americans will have a stroke this year, but new research suggests that a common, healthy habit may reduce the ...

Prehospital measurement of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) can rapidly differentiate intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) from ischemic stroke (IS) and stroke mimics.

Participants were followed for 25 years to see if they developed AFib or had an ischemic stroke, which occurs when a blood ...

A blood test may rapidly distinguish brain bleeds from clot-caused strokes, even before people with stroke symptoms reach the ...

Removing a clot blocking a medium- or small-sized artery in the brain mechanically is a safe treatment for a common type of stroke; however, it did not lessen disability more than best medical ...

Dr. Leana Wen: Strokes, also known as cerebrovascular accidents or “brain attacks,” have two main types. The most common type is ischemic stroke, which is when blood supply to part of the ...

Glial fibrillary acidic protein concentrations were strongly elevated in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage vs ischemic stroke ... differentiate these 2 types of stroke because they need ...

The researchers also looked at the risk of specific types of ischemic stroke: thrombotic strokes, caused by a blood clot in large arteries in the brain; cardioembolic strokes, caused by a clot ...