The base risk of a person under 50 having a stroke is relatively low, but it's still a good idea to keep an eye out for risks ...

Recognizing the signs of a mini-stroke is very important. Even though symptoms may go away quickly, they should never be ...

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

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

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

Dr. Ameera Haamid, the associate emergency medical services medical director of the Chicago South EMS System, agreed that people should always call 911 when they're having heart attack or stroke ...

Stroke is the leading cause of serious long-term disability and among the top five causes of death in the United States: more ...

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

For patients with stroke symptoms of unknown onset time ... were enrolled with confirmation of posterior circulation ischemic stroke on MRI. Among the remaining patients, 17 (7.3%) had diagnoses ...

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 ...