A leading cause of death for Americans, strokes impact more than 795,000 people in the United States annually, according to ...

A stroke, sometimes called a brain attack, occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or ruptures. When that happens, parts of the brain ...

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A new analysis finds a significant uptick in the number of people dying at home due to ischemic stroke compared to inpatient medical facilities, and when not at home, individuals in rural communities ...

ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. Wu said they found that when the rise in day-to-day temperature exceeded 6°C, the risk of ischemic stroke more than doubled, and a day-to-day fall exceeding ...

Over the past 2 decades, stroke-related mortality among individuals with HIV has decreased, but racial and gender disparities continue to exist.

The risk of a full-blown stroke will remain high for at least a decade after a person has a slight brush with stroke, in the form of a transient ischemic attack or minor stroke, a new study says.

Using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Wide-Ranging On-Line Data (CDC-WONDER) database, researchers assessed trends in stroke-related mortality rates in HIV, stratified ...

“The second type of stroke is a hemorrhagic — or bleeding — stroke. A blood vessel in the brain ruptures and bleeds into the surrounding brain tissue.” This causes pressure on the brain ...