Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recent FDA actions include approval of the first new treatment for acute stroke in 30 years. FDA also cleared a ...

With limited treatment options for stroke patients available, two UConn researchers are developing an experimental drug that is capable of protecting the brain and improving recovery after a cerebral ...

The first international trial of an unproven stroke treatment available in the U.S. has concluded that, while harmless, "perispinal" etanercept—injected into the spinal area—is no more effective than ...

A rapid blood test could speed treatment for people who have suffered a stroke related to brain bleeding, a new study says. Stroke victims with brain bleeds have nearly seven times higher blood levels ...

Researchers continue to advance the science to determine best treatments for stroke. Based on an international study of 530 patients, researchers discovered that while the clot retrieval procedure ...

“This update brings the most important advances in stroke care from the last decade directly into practice,” Shyam Prabhakaran, MD, chair of the writing group, said in a statement. “New ...

Every year, millions of people around the world suffer ischemic strokes that block blood flow to a region of the brain. Restoring blood flow rapidly is decisive and can save lives. But paradoxically, ...

Endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke due to medium-vessel occlusion has had varying results across trials. Whether thrombectomy improves functional outcomes in patients with ...

795,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke each year 130,000 Americans die each year from stroke 87 percent of all strokes are ischemic strokes, when blood flow to the brain is blocked $36.5 billion in ...