DALLAS, Feb. 1, 2024 — Compared with the standard clot-busting medication alteplase, the newer clot-buster tenecteplase may offer a safe, effective and simpler way to treat ischemic (clot-caused) ...

The clot-dissolving medication, alteplase, improved stroke patients' recovery by more than 50% when given up to 24 hours after the beginning of an ischemic stroke, according to preliminary ...

World Stroke Day on October 29 is a reminder that strokes are one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. According to the ...

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A new study suggests that popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic could do more than help people lose weight—they ...

High blood pressure hides quietly in your body, often without a single symptom to warn you of its presence. Yet this stealthy condition affects nearly half of American adults, dramatically increasing ...

The Breakthrough Device Designation for LVO Stroke represents the latest achievement in Ceribell’s continued efforts to extend its point-of-care EEG brain monitoring technology to additional ...

Standard treatments can significantly lower the risk of stroke in children with sickle cell anemia, according to a review of ...

When Cheryl Hamrick woke up in the middle of the night, she didn’t know what time it was. It was the awful pain radiating from the right side of the back of her head that was at the forefront of her ...

Stroke patients that underwent endovascular treatment — a procedure in which surgeons remove a blood clot from a blocked artery in the brain — had better outcomes than those treated with a drug to ...

MURRAY — Ann Itchon says she will never forget the sound of her husband falling in the bathroom the night he suffered a stroke. On Jan. 23, 2024, Ted Itchon woke up around 2 a.m. to use the bathroom ...

Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, with staggering statistics that demand urgent attention. Every year, approximately 12.2 million new strokes are diagnosed globally, and one ...