There’s still a misconception that it’s mostly men who suffer from stroke, yet women account for over half of all cases ...

Among adults ages 18-49 (median age of 41 years) who were born with a hole in the upper chambers of their heart known as patent foramen ovale (PFO), strokes of unknown cause were more strongly ...

Traditional risk factors contribute to young-onset cryptogenic ischemic stroke (CIS) without patent foramen ovale (PFO), ...

Nearly 800,000 people have a stroke each year, causing tens of thousands of deaths and even more long-term health issues in ...

In adults under age 50, strokes caused by clots are on the rise – and many happen without a clear link to a traditional cause ...

A study was conducted to determine the relationship between age at atrial fibrillation diagnosis and risk for stroke.

Adults younger than 50 years of age had more than double the risk of having a stroke from migraine or other nontraditional stroke risk factors rather than traditional risks such as high blood pressure ...

Twenty-five years ago, a coalition proposed a nationwide network of stroke centers to improve stroke outcomes, but has there ...

DiaMedica Therapeutics progresses DM199 for ischemic stroke and preeclampsia, aiming to expand treatment windows. Read why ...

Dr. Ameera Haamid, the associate emergency medical services medical director of the Chicago South EMS System, agreed that ...

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 ...