This article was first published on ESO website | Author: Giuseppe Reale, MD – ESO YSPR Committee Same stroke, same treatment and lower limb weakness, but forget about upper motor neurons! Sometimes it seems that stroke treatment is all about time, tissue and...

First published on ScienceDaily.com The full financial cost of a heart attack or stroke is twice as much as the medical costs when lost work time for patients and caregivers is included. That's the finding of research published today, World Health Day, in the European...

First published on ScienceDaily.com Newly developed treatment strategies can minimize the size of a patient's stroke and, in many cases, change what would have been a life-altering cerebrovascular event into a minor one with the prospect of excellent recovery. But...

First published on ScienceDaily.com Our genes may have a bearing not only on our stroke risk, but probably also on how well we recover after stroke. For the first time, in international collaboration, scientists at the University of Gothenburg and elsewhere have...

First published on ScienceDaily.com Recent reductions in hospitalization and death due to stroke extend to both black and white Medicare beneficiaries, reports a study in the April issue of Medical Care. The reductions in mortality after initial stroke have been even...