A new 15-minute tool to screen stroke survivors for visual perception problems has been launched by researchers from Durham and Oxford universities. The free screening tool could make it easier for ...

Scientists have discovered that transplanted stem cell-derived brain cells may do far more than simply survive after a stroke ...

After a mild stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), people who spend more time in bed sleeping or trying to sleep may be more likely to have lower scores on tests of thinking and memory skills and ...

A new 15-minute tool to screen stroke survivors for visual perception problems has been launched by researchers from Durham and Oxford universities. The free screening tool could make it easier for ...

Previously, experts thought that remembering the facial movements involved in speech was primarily the role of the brain’s motor system, which moves muscles in the correct way at the correct time. But ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Roughly half of the patients experience headaches following a hemorrhagic stroke, with more than one third reporting severe pain — yet headache management remains a largely neglected ...

In 2006, Kevin Sheth was a 27-year-old neurology resident in Boston, at both Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In that role, he did rotations within their neurology ...

A stroke is caused by an interruption of blood flow to the brain, often resulting in impaired mobility, permanent loss of ...

For patients with acute ischemic stroke due to a large-vessel occlusion (LVO), administering intra-arterial thrombolytics after successful endovascular thrombectomy does not significantly improve ...

Bethany Fonseca had a migraine one morning in October 2011. She kept dropping things, like her hair dryer and apartment keys, because her arm “felt like a limp noodle.” Then the Jacksonville, Florida, ...