Healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as good nutrition, smoking cessation and being physically active, along with routine health screenings and managing risk factors for cardiovascular disease and stroke ...

A first stroke in older adults is associated with substantial immediate and accelerated long-term cognitive decline, suggested a new study that underscores the need for continuous cognitive monitoring ...

A new study published in JAMA finds that a combination of folic acid supplementation and hypertension medication may be an effective way to reduce the risk of first stroke among adults with high blood ...

More than 600,000 people in the US will have their first stroke this year. The American Stroke Association wants to arm doctors and patients with the knowledge to help lower that number. For the first ...

Oral contraceptives, certain pregnancy complications, and early menopause can all increase stroke risk. But there are ways to minimize the threat. Sex-specific risk factors increase the potential for ...

A new study by UCLA Health has discovered what researchers say is the first drug to fully reproduce the effects of physical stroke rehabilitation in model mice. The findings, published in Nature ...

Each year in the U.S., over half a million people have a first stroke; however, up to 80% of strokes may be preventable. The new primary prevention of stroke guideline from the American Stroke ...