An occipital stroke happens in the back of the brain. This lobe, or part of the brain, helps people to recognize what they see. That means strokes in the occipital lobe can cause vision changes, which ...

A mini-stroke, also known as a transient ischemic attack (TIA), happens when blood flow to part of the brain is briefly ...

A recent study by Baycrest reveals that an area of the brain distinct from the stroke lesion may play a significant role in ...

11, 2024 — Nearly one third of concussions in professional American football are due to impacts from the facemask, a part of the ... of ataxia in the brain of patients with stroke.

If you have high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat or smoking habit, you may be at a higher risk of severe stroke.

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is often called the “silent killer” because it doesn’t always show symptoms, yet it can ...

The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just ...

Strokes, the fourth leading cause of death in the US in 2023, occur when blood supply to the brain is disrupted. A stroke is an attack on the brain that occurs when the blood supply to the brain ...

The University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich has been awarded £1.26m to test the new therapy following small "promising ...

For sometime now, brain stroke patients in the West could avert brain damage as neurosurgeons used a sophisticated retriever stent to clear the blood clot from blocked arteries and restore blood flow ...