According to Dr. Robert Schock, VP of R&D at LRS, "Laboratory studies have predicted that rapid, early cooling would be effective in reducing brain injuries caused by ischemic strokes, while slow, ...

Stroke survivors often face substantial and long-lasting problems with their arms. Both arms often decline together: When one arm is more severely affected by the stroke, the other becomes more ...

Specialized physical therapy plays a defining role in post-stroke recovery, influencing mobility, independence and long-term quality of life. For health care leaders and clinicians, referral decisions ...

Parchure, an Indian American doctoral student at Pennsylvania university, pilots an AI tool for personalizing speech therapy.

Many people refer to a stroke as the brain’s equivalent of a heart attack. A stroke occurs when there’s an interruption or ...

Physicians typically refer patients struggling with anxiety and depression after a stroke to counseling or psychotherapy. In some cases, they also prescribe a patient medications meant to improve ...

The C-MoRe smartphone app tracks hand movements as a patient recovering from a stroke performs the "box and blocks" task used to assess recovery. C-MoRe, developed by two UC Davis computer science ...

Some patients with a common type of stroke benefit from a clot-busting drug given between 4.5 and 24 hours after symptoms emerged, according to a new study.

Antidepressant therapy may independently improve recovery from dysphagia after acute ischemic stroke through multiple ...

After Rich McMahon suffered a serious stroke last fall, he and his family have been navigating a difficult recovery.