"The results of our trial potentially broaden the time window for the initiation of treatment, although there was more bleeding with the dual regimen than with the monotherapy," the authors wrote. In ...

Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Crystal City has been certified as a Level 2 Stroke Center to be able to provide advanced care to stroke patients.

The American Stroke Association (ASA) has formally recognised pharyngeal electrical stimulation (PES) as an important tool for post-stroke dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) treatment. In ASA’s 2026 ...

Combining neck surgery with intensive speech therapy is associated with greater improvements in a person's ability to communicate after a stroke than intensive speech therapy alone, finds a clinical ...

Combining neck surgery with intensive speech therapy is associated with greater improvements in a person's ability to communicate after a stroke than intensive speech therapy alone, finds a clinical ...

Psychological therapy was associated with significantly reduced symptoms of depression and anxiety among patients with a history of stroke, with greater benefits in those who initiated talk therapy ...

When a stroke steals a person’s ability to communicate, the loss is often invisible — but life-altering. Conversations halt. Independence shrinks. Isolation creeps in. A new program in Hammond aims to ...

Restoring blood flow after an ischemic stroke can trigger secondary brain injury, causing inflammation, neuronal death, and long-term disability that current treatments do not address. Researchers ...

After a stroke, your body often no longer behaves as it did before. Often, people experience spastic movement disorders. That can mean This means that the muscles suddenly cramp or stiffen, they are ...

For many stroke survivors, recovery is derailed by painful muscle stiffness and involuntary spasms that limit movement, independence, and quality of life. Often viewed as an unavoidable consequence of ...