"So much of the effort to prevent stroke has focused on blood pressure treatment," said the study's lead author Dr. George Howard, an emeritus distinguished professor of biostatistics at the ...

Read on to learn more about the causes, symptoms, and treatment for strokes in the basilar artery. The brainstem coordinates movement and balance and plays a major role in sleep, digestion, swallowing ...

Delaying the onset of high blood pressure may lower the risk of a stroke, new research suggests. The study, published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Stroke, found the longer ...

Women, especially Mexican Americans, are more likely than men to skip critical post-stroke medications, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to improve adherence and reduce stroke ...