DALLAS, Feb. 1, 2024 — Compared with the standard clot-busting medication alteplase, the newer clot-buster tenecteplase may offer a safe, effective and simpler way to treat ischemic (clot-caused) ...

The clot-dissolving medication, alteplase, improved stroke patients' recovery by more than 50% when given up to 24 hours after the beginning of an ischemic stroke, according to preliminary ...

When a person suffers a stroke, physicians must restore blood flow to the brain as quickly as possible to save their life.

The Breakthrough Device Designation for LVO Stroke represents the latest achievement in Ceribell’s continued efforts to extend its point-of-care EEG brain monitoring technology to additional ...

High blood pressure hides quietly in your body, often without a single symptom to warn you of its presence. Yet this stealthy condition affects nearly half of American adults, dramatically increasing ...

When Cheryl Hamrick woke up in the middle of the night, she didn’t know what time it was. It was the awful pain radiating from the right side of the back of her head that was at the forefront of her ...

Stroke patients that underwent endovascular treatment — a procedure in which surgeons remove a blood clot from a blocked artery in the brain — had better outcomes than those treated with a drug to ...

Exclusive: Lack of consultants in UK health service means patients do not get drugs or surgery in time, say senior medics ...

MURRAY — Ann Itchon says she will never forget the sound of her husband falling in the bathroom the night he suffered a stroke. On Jan. 23, 2024, Ted Itchon woke up around 2 a.m. to use the bathroom ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most stroke patients leave the hospital with cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, a nationwide US study shows, in keeping with medical guidelines. Still, researchers say ...