A stroke metabolite score comprising 4 validated metabolites improves ischemic stroke risk prediction beyond traditional risk factors in women.

A new Tulane University study challenges a long-standing assumption in heart care: that being female automatically increases ...

Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. It places a huge burden on families, health systems and societies. Increasingly, strokes are not just occurring in older adults. They are ...

A new study adds to growing evidence supporting the heart-healthy benefits of the Mediterranean diet. Image credit: Rebecca Peloquin/Stocksy Stroke describes a disease that impacts the arteries ...

Women do not always show the “classic” stroke symptoms — and according to doctors, that is exactly why their strokes are missed more often. “In my practice, the stories that haunt me aren’t the ...

A two-decade study reveals one specific grocery habit could drop your risk of severe brain emergencies by 25%.

Mothers sometimes may joke that their children are doing their heads in, but a new study suggests the opposite may be true. Researchers found that women who have at least three children may have a ...

A stroke happens when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off, either because of a blockage (called an ischaemic stroke) or bleeding (a haemorrhagic stroke). Around 83% of strokes are ...

The stroke rate was higher in pregnant women who had a prior stroke compared to those who had been stroke-free: 415 new ischemic strokes among 1,192 pregnant women who had a previous stroke (34.82%) ...