Summary: McLeod Health hospitals in Florence, SC receive American Heart Association awards for stroke care excellence, emphasizing early detection, proven treatments, and patient education.

A major shift in stroke care is underway as tenecteplase outperforms alteplase. This new treatment could redefine recovery outcomes worldwide.

Innovations in stroke diagnostics and treatment techniques are saving brains — and lives — and making it possible to reverse disability from stroke. Since most strokes are “ischemic,” or ...

With a blood-clot-busting medication called TNK, previously the only proven intervention for acute stroke, treatment must be started less than 4.5 hours after a stroke occurs.

When it comes to stroke, every minute matters. Each passing minute without treatment can lead to the death of almost two ...

An artificial intelligence tool which quickly analyzes brain scans of stroke patients has helped boost chances of full recovery since being launched across England, the public health service said on ...

On Wednesday, February 14, UChealth unveiled its new mobile stroke treatment unit. The new ambulance is meant to help treat patients wherever and whenever they are showing signs of a stroke or ...

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A stroke occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted, either by a blocked artery or bleeding, causing potential brain cell damage. Symptoms vary depending on the affected brain area and the ...

Strokes are rising among young adults, often due to preventable causes like high blood pressure, smoking, and lifestyle ...

A breakthrough pill, baxdrostat, has shown remarkable success in lowering dangerously high blood pressure in patients ...

Mount Sinai researchers developed an AI model to make individualized treatment recommendations for atrial fibrillation (AF) ...