The brain tries to repair damage after a stroke by utilizing its own repair cells, which function like skilled craftsmen.

New research suggests that adding higher-intensity walking to physical therapy could help improve stroke recovery. Stroke survivors in a progressive-intensity walking rehabilitation program showed ...

Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery resulted in stroke survivors being more likely to have better function 90 days ...

Outside of stroke, tDCS has had major setbacks in recent years. The DepressionDC study found it to be no better than sham as ...

Stroke is a major global health challenge, ranking as the second leading cause of death worldwide and the fifth in the United ...

The clot-dissolving medication, alteplase, improved stroke patients' recovery by more than 50% when given up to 24 hours after the beginning of an ischemic stroke, according to preliminary ...

A new study suggests that stroke survivors can improve their ability to walk and their overall quality of life by following a ...

By integrating 30 minutes a day of progressive walking exercise into standard stroke rehabilitation (30 to 60 minutes of physical therapy five days a week) stroke patients had a measurable improved ...

Every year, about 18,000 people in Israel suffer a stroke, but only about 5,200 receive advanced disability-preventing treatments within the available time window. Some 15 million people worldwide ...

Share on Pinterest Higher-intensity walking combined with physical therapy could help improve stroke recovery and quality ... understanding of the critical time period following a stroke.