Women have a harder time getting back to baseline in the year after a stroke when it comes to daily activities like eating, bathing, cooking, and housework, a new study found.

Stroke is one of the leading causes of serious and complex adult disability; anyone reading this could be the next stroke survivor.

When examining recovery during the first year after an ischemic stroke, a new study has found for daily tasks such as eating, ...

Imagine your brain as a bustling city with millions of interconnected highways carrying information at lightning speed. Now picture what happens when a major earthquake hits, destroying some of those ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in vagus nerve stimulation. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection ...

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 ...

Share on Pinterest Higher-intensity walking combined with physical therapy could help improve stroke recovery and quality of life. alvarez/Getty Images In a new study, stroke survivors in a ...

Share on Pinterest An observational study examines how age-related changes to white matter in the brain could impact recovery following a stroke. Rosem Morton for The Washington Post via Getty Images ...

Even after the couple retired, appearances as Santa and Mrs. Claus continued to dominate their holiday season. In 2023, the ...

Nirupama Yechoor, MD, MSC, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in JAMA Network Open, “Coherence of Stroke Survivors’ Lived ...

Mary Swain stands in the emergency department at Community Hospital South, where she is a nurse. Swain was on a flight to Colorado in July when another passenger, Sophie Sarbach, suffered a stroke.