Stroke is often seen as a sudden and dramatic medical event, but its effects can last for many years. While many people focus on physical recovery, such as regaining movement or speech, new research ...

Coping with memory loss after a stroke can be a daunting and emotionally overwhelming journey. Approximately one-third of patients are affected by memory loss within the first year after stroke. 1 ...

A stroke is a serious medical event that happens when blood flow to part of the brain is blocked or reduced. When this ...

Severe stroke survivors face 5x higher dementia risk, while even minor strokes double the odds of cognitive decline.

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a "Stroke Cognition Calculator," a new tool designed to estimate a person's chance of having thinking and memory problems six months after a ...

In 2006, Kevin Sheth was a 27-year-old neurology resident in Boston, at both Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In that role, he did rotations within their neurology ...

Strokes are the leading cause of adult disability across the UK, impacting an estimated 100,000 individuals annually. They events occur when the brain's blood supply is abruptly interrupted, either by ...

Another new insight discovered was that stem cell transplantation works better when it is performed not immediately after a stroke but a week later, as the second study verified. In the clinical ...