A common drug used to prevent migraines might have an additional benefit -- protecting women against stroke. Women taking the ...

Learn how diabetes medications could revolutionize stroke prevention and enhance heart and brain health with breakthrough ...

Figuring out how your genes and environment increase your likelihood of developing asthma, heart disease, cancer, dementia ...

During an ischemic stroke, blood vessels in the brain are blocked or narrowed. During a hemorrhagic stroke, there's bleeding ...

Common drugs taken by up to 10million Americans for anxiety and high blood pressure may lower the risk of stroke in some at-risk people, a study suggests. Propranolol, a type of drug known as a ...

or bleeding (hemorrhagic stroke). The good news is that certain medications can greatly reduce the risk of strokes, especially in seniors who may have higher risk factors like high blood pressure ...

A rapid blood test could speed treatment for people who have suffered a stroke related to brain bleeding, a new study says.

“If the particulate matter enters the blood vessels, it can travel to various organs and potentially block blood vessels in ...

A new study from HealthPartners Institute found that people with high blood pressure who used a telemonitoring program had ...

The study involving about 6,000 patients over six years in many countries showed that strokes were cut by at least a quarter among patients given the drugs. The drugs are inexpensive and easily ...

A blood test may rapidly distinguish brain bleeds from clot-caused strokes, even before people with stroke symptoms reach the ...