An Internet-based examination system enables stroke patients to be treated as rapidly in rural communities as they are in bigger hospitals with stroke teams, researchers have found. An Internet-based ...

By the time you finish reading this article, at least two people across the country will have a stroke. Strokes are deadly.

Dr Kailash Krishnan, head of stroke medicine at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust, said: "This test will save lives".

One of the most common misconceptions about telestroke is that it’s too disruptive to existing stroke workflows and that this disruption will offset any benefits telemedicine may bring to stroke care.

The risk of recurrent ischemic stroke can be reduced by managing modifiable risk factors and instituting a regimen of mechanism-specific secondary stroke prevention. Strategies for secondary ...

A lacunar stroke, also called a lacunar infarct, occurs when an artery that supplies blood to the deeper portions of the brain becomes blocked. Other types of strokes occur on the surface, or cortex, ...