Strokes are the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of disability, according to the American Stroke Association. "Stroke is injury to the brain from impairment of ...

Strokes often leave people with reduced arm function, which is difficult to regain. While physical therapy may help, full recovery is elusive and becomes even less achievable the more time passes ...

Every year, more than 795,000 Americans experience a stroke, according to the CDC-and for every one of those people, their ...

Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellow Sam Kamali is in San Francisco for the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference this week – alongside at ...

About 25% of Americans will experience a stroke, according to Steven Edgley, MD, director of stroke rehabilitation at University of Utah Health since 2006. Edgley knows full well how life-changing a ...

Stroke recovery represents one of the most challenging yet hopeful journeys in medicine. While the brain damage from a stroke cannot be reversed, the remarkable ability of the human brain to rewire ...

A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Association showed that adding levodopa to normal inpatient ...

New research has found that specific genes may be related to the trajectory of recovery for stroke survivors, providing doctors insights useful for developing targeted therapies. New research led by ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — More than one year after suffering a massive stroke, Joe Crestuk of Newark threw one of the first pitches at Saturday's Red Wings game. Reflecting on a long journey still in ...