Every minute is important in a brain stroke. According to doctors, the first hour of a stroke is called the golden period. During this time, if the patient is immediately taken to the hospital and ...

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 ...

Expanded eligibility for advanced stroke therapies and new recommendations for diagnosing and treating stroke in children and adults are among the major updates in the new 2026 Guideline for the Early ...

The neurologist Orlando Swayne doesn’t suggest everyone can recover. But he does argue that early, targeted and intense therapy can sometimes bring about life-changing improvements – and we have a mor ...

Know the stroke warning signs that save lives. From sudden numbness to TIAs, these 11 signals demand immediate action - every ...

Stroke remains a leading cause of disability owing to the irreversible neuronal loss that it causes and the limited regenerative capacity of the CNS. Although reperfusion therapies such as ...

“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 ...