In the wake of Pope Francis’ death, stroke specialists give insight into the risks of this sometimes fatal and life-changing ...

Geographic variations have been thought to contribute to the high stroke mortality in the southeastern United States Stroke Belt. However, an NIH funded national population-based cohort study (REasons ...

Some parts of the Deep South are called the “Stroke Belt” because strokes happen more often there. Stroke can lead to problems with memory and thinking. The area is also called the “Diabetes Belt” ...

A Macon doctor is raising awareness during American Stroke Month, sharing key stroke warning signs using the B.E.F.A.S.T. acronym to help save lives in Georgia’s stroke belt.

Such 'stroke belts' have been identified in both England and Wales, and the United States. Researchers say that the poverty and malnourishment experienced generations ago in the industrial north ...