Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Stroke incidence rates were highest in neighborhoods with greater poverty. The findings “really get at social ...

NEW YORK, April 17 (UPI) --Doctors often tell patients with atrial fibrillation, which causes an irregular and often abnormally rapid heart rate, to beware of an increased risk of stroke. But the ...

When examining recovery during the first year after an ischemic stroke, a new study has found for daily tasks such as eating, dressing and driving, female participants experienced slightly worse ...

SAN FRANCISCO – The first comparison study of stroke risk among Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites has shown that Mexican Americans experience a substantially greater incidence of stroke.

Children of divorced parents are substantially more likely to have a stroke later in life, according to a new study of more than 13,000 older adults in the US. The findings suggest that emotional ...

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Ischemic stroke risk was associated with higher A1C levels among individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Compared with the general population, individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) had a higher ...

Women have a harder time getting back to baseline in the year after a stroke when it comes to daily activities like eating, bathing, cooking, and housework, a new study found.

Could those extra hours in bed be silently undermining health? New evidence suggests sleeping too much may be more harmful than sleeping too little and the risks extend far beyond feeling groggy. In ...

People living in rural areas of the United States not only have to travel farther for certified stroke care than their urban counterparts, but also feel a greater impact from demographic disparities, ...

DALLAS, May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Yolanda King, daughter of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, today joined U.S. Representative Melvin L. Watt (D-NC) Chair of the Congressional ...