Researchers continue to advance the science to determine best treatments for stroke. Based on an international study of 530 patients, researchers discovered that while the clot retrieval procedure ...

High blood pressure stands among the leading causes of stroke, yet many people fail to recognize the critical importance of managing this condition. When blood pressure remains uncontrolled, it ...

New research shows that women who hit menopause later in life have healthier blood vessels and mitochondria and a different composition of metabolites in their blood than those who stop menstruating ...

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

The most common type is ischemic stroke, which is when blood supply to part of the brain is blocked or reduced. This type can happen because of blood clots that block blood vessels or plaques ...

University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute researchers with the Calgary Stroke Program at Foothills Medical Centre revolutionized treatment for stroke with the ESCAPE Trial, proving that a clot ...

can dramatically improve patient outcomes after an acute ischemic stroke caused by a blockage in a large-sized blood vessel. Building on that knowledge, the team launched the ESCAPE-MeVO clinical ...

In an editorial, J. Mocco, MD, of Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, characterized the DISTAL and ESCAPE-MeVO ...

Stroke experts from UCSF Health presented new research and clinical findings at the annual the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference (ISC25), the world’s premier meeting ...

The results increase “my confidence that this approach has merit,” Lauren Sansing says. More trials are on the way.

Her blood thinner also put her at risk for serious bleeding events. Something her doctor Wanted to help her avoid, while still protecting her from a stroke. Dr. Steven Filby says atrial ...

These patients (median age 73.7 years; 47% women) had an acute ischemic stroke involving a distal-vessel occlusion in the anterior or posterior circulation that was confirmed on CT angiography or MRI ...