The current status of acute ischemic stroke therapy is unsatisfactory. Increasing awareness of this is stimulating reconsideration of current therapy and a push for new approaches. In the coming ...

The clinical syndrome produced by a stroke is determined by the artery or arteries that are occluded. Blood is supplied to the brain by two major sets of arteries, the anterior and posterior ...

Ministrokes, also known as transient ischemic attacks, can eventually lead to cognitive declines as steep as those that ...

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Liam revealed he was put on medication before undergoing an MRI, after doctors suspected he had suffered a Transient Ischemic Attack - often referred to as a mini stroke - where there is a temporary ...

Researchers at DZNE and the Department of Vascular Neurology at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) aim to develop a computer ...

A, an office worker in his 50s, suddenly dropped a cup in his hand while getting ready to go to work in the morning. My words were slurred and I couldn't answer my wife's "Are you OK" question ...

New research reinforces concerns that people experiencing TIAs don't respond quickly enough to their symptoms.

Kristin Kramer woke up early on a Tuesday morning 10 years ago because one of her dogs needed to go out. Then, a couple of odd things happened.

Doing nothing if you have a mini stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) puts you at risk of a bigger one later on, and of ...