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 ...

Microplastics are accumulating in human brains at alarming rates, with concentrations rising 50% in the past eight years.

A damning lawsuit revealed that New Jersey cops manhandled Cheryl Rhines as she lost total control of her bodily functions ...

Casino' star Sharon Stone says she hopes people “look at me and know” they can fight to survive — and issues a warning for ...

Bradford B. Worrall, MD, a University of Virginia professor of neurology and public health, says many stroke survivors develop spasticity.

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

Seniors whose cholesterol levels spike and plummet year-to-year could be at increased risk of dementia and failing brain ...

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 ...

The protective cells accumulated microplastics, instead of digesting them, and then the damaged cells clumped up in the brain ...

A new study sheds light on one of the most severe consequences of stroke: damage to the brain's 'cables'-- the so-called nerve fibers -- which leads to permanent impairments.

A new study by researchers at the Department of Molecular Medicine at SDU sheds light on one of the most severe consequences ...

Microplastics may cause blockages in blood vessels in the brain and affect behavior, according to a study on mice.