Getting a stroke is no joke. For every minute that a stroke patient goes untreated, he loses roughly two million neurons (i.e. nerve cells in the brain) that transmit information to other neurons, ...

About 795,000 people have a stroke every year, and it is the leading cause for long-term disability. Timing is everything when it comes to a stroke. Knowing and recognizing the signs and symptoms of a ...

When it comes to successfully minimizing physical — and subsequent mental and emotional — damage caused by stroke, timing is of the essence. Yet, according to new research published this week in ...

Stroke is the third leading cause of death and a major cause of disability in the U.S. — leaving some stroke survivors paralyzed or unable to perform daily activities. African-American adults are 50 ...

When we talk about stroke recovery, most people think about medications, hospital care, and physiotherapy. What many don’t realise is that there’s something remarkable happening inside the brain ...