More Stroke News

• New Advances May Treat Stroke Faster, Better

  February 20 (HealthDay News) -- Tiny tubes called stents, used for years to open blocked ...

• B Vitamins Might Lower Stroke Risk

  February 19 (HealthDay News) -- People with heart disease who take high doses of B ...

• Know the Warning Signs of Stroke? Most Don't.

  February 19 (HealthDay News) -- Most people do not know the five warning signs of ...

• More Fast-Food Joints in Neighborhoods Mean More Strokes

  February 19 (HealthDay News) -- Living in neighborhoods packed with fast-food joints could increase your ...

• Few Stroke Patients Get Clot-Busting Drug

  February 19 (HealthDay News) -- A powerful clot-busting drug approved by the U.S. Food and ...

• ER Less Likely to Diagnose Stroke in Younger Folks

  February 18 (HealthDay News) -- An 18-year-old boy complaining of numbness at a Detroit emergency ...

• Working with Robots May Help After a Stroke

  February 18 (HealthDay News) -- Robotic therapy might help stroke victims regain some of their ...

• Silent Strokes More Common in Younger People Than Thought

  February 18 (HealthDay News) -- "Silent strokes" rarely produce symptoms, but a new study suggests ...

• Coffee Drinking Lowers Women's Stroke Risk

  February 16 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking coffee appears to lower the risk for stroke among ...

• Gender Disparities Persist in Treatment of Stroke

  February 10 (HealthDay News) -- Significant gender differences continue to persist with stroke, not only ...

• Quick Stroke Treatment Improves Outcomes

  February 5 (HealthDay News) -- Rapid assessment and treatment in a specialist emergency outpatient clinic ...

• Stroke Drug Might Be a Memory-Booster

  February 2 (HealthDay News) -- Fasudil, a drug used for a decade to safely treat ...

• Top 10 Heart-Stroke Advances for 2008

  January 30 (HealthDay News) -- Studies on smoking bans, acute care of heart attack and ...

• Doctors Re-Examine Blood Thinners to Prevent Strokes

  January 11 (HealthDayNews) -- Warfarin is an anticoagulant -- or "blood thinner" -- that's frequently ...

• Inflammation Markers May Help Predict Stroke Risk

  January 8 (HealthDay News) -- Two molecular signs -- or "biomarkers" -- of inflammation may ...

• Family History of Aneurism Raises Stroke Risk for Smokers

  January 6 -- (HealthDay News) -- Smokers with a family history of brain aneurism are ...

• Optimal Warfarin Dosing Improves Anticoagulation Control

  December 30 (HealthDay News) -- While the anticoagulant warfarin can be highly effective in preventing ...

• Depression, Anxiety Hinder Quality of Life After Stroke

  December 18 (HealthDay News) -- Many people who survive a subarachnoid hemorrhage stroke have a ...

• Bat Saliva-Based Stroke Drug Disappoints in Trial

  December 18 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental clot-busting drug derived from the saliva of the ...