Acute inflammation is a short-term process occurring in response to tissue injury, usually appearing within minutes or hours. It is characterized by five cardinal signs: pain, redness, immobility ...

This short course offered by the world leading UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology will give an overview of using neuroimaging and mechanical thrombectomy to treat people who have had a stroke.

World Stroke Day, observed annually on October 29, is a global awareness day aimed at increasing understanding of stroke, its prevention, and the need for improved care and support for stroke ...

Uthando Nes’thembu reality show star Musa Mseleku was reportedly recently unwell and had to be hospitalised after suffering a stroke. Isolezwe reports that the hospitalisation of the Uthando Nes ...

Abu Dhabi, UAE — The long-standing debate as to when to start anticoagulation in patients with an acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation (AF) looks as though it’s settled. Results of ...

Intravenous thrombolytics are not recommended for acute ischaemic stroke in patients who have taken a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) within 48 hours before presentation because of the perceived ...

Therefore, we used data from the Third China National Stroke Registry to investigate the association between preexisting heart disease spectrum and in‐hospitalization outcomes for patients with acute ...

In a first, the guidelines link poor pregnancy outcomes to stroke and call on doctors to exercise greater vigilance. By Roni Caryn Rabin New guidelines for preventing strokes spell out for the ...

That’s according to the American Stroke Association (ASA), which on Monday published its updated guidelines for stroke prevention in the journal Stroke. This was the first update since its 2014 ...

Experts this week identified new risks and issued updated recommendations for preventing strokes, a leading cause of death and disability in the U.S. It's the first time in a decade that health ...

More than 600,000 Americans are expected to experience their first stroke this year — but up to 80% of these incidents may be preventable. The ASA issued updated advice on Monday urging health ...

Screening for stroke risk and educating people on how to lower their chances of having a stroke ideally begin with their primary care professional and include evidence-based recommendations ...