The American Stroke Association (ASA) has issued an updated guideline for primary stroke prevention. The first update in a decade, the 2024 Guideline for the Primary Prevention of Stroke, replaces the ...

Strokes are the fifth-leading cause of death in the United States, and the leading cause of disability — but up to 80% of them are preventable. That’s according to the American Stroke Association (ASA ...

More than 600,000 people in the US will have their first stroke this year. The American Stroke Association wants to arm doctors and patients with the knowledge to help lower that number. For the first ...

The American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association updated guidelines for the primary prevention of stroke, emphasizing primary care screening, lifestyle management, and risk factor ...

Key takeaways from ISC 2026 included positive outcomes in stroke prevention, postthrombectomy care, and the return of neuroprotection. The 2026 International Stroke Conference (ISC), held February 4-6 ...

Erin Adelekun was 38 when she had a stroke, just nine days after giving birth to her daughter in 2020. It all started with a headache, which had been about a 2 on a scale of 1 to 10 when she was ...

AJMC®: How commonly do you see patients or treat patients for recurrent stroke in the hospital setting? AMIN: In the hospital setting, approximately 15% to 30% of patients experience a recurrent ...

Nearly 25 years ago, Joseph P. Broderick, MD, stroke expert and neurologist at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, reflected on what stroke prevention and management might be like in 2025. At ...

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 3, 2022 — The risk of stroke among older adults diagnosed with COVID-19 was highest within the first three days of diagnosis, according to preliminary research to be presented at the ...

The Surprising Connection Between Flossing and Cardiovascular Health Sure, most of us think of flossing as a step to avoid ...

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 3, 2022 — One in three stroke survivors in the U.S. have food insecurity, which is nearly double the prevalence among people who have not had a stroke, according to preliminary ...