More than 795,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke each year, which is a leading cause of serious long-term disability. Many of the leading risk factors for stroke are modifiable, making prevention ...

The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that. Stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023, ...

(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, new stroke prevention guidelines have been released for the first time in a decade, focusing on the nation’s fourth leading ...

HELSINKI — Use of a novel algorithm significantly improved prehospital triage for stroke, more accurately directing appropriate patients to centers equipped for endovascular therapy (EVT) and boosting ...

SALT LAKE CITY — As many as 80% of the more than half-million strokes in the U.S. each year could be preventable, according to the American Stroke Association's new clinical guideline that calls for a ...

Strokes are the fifth-leading cause of death in the United States, and the leading cause of disability — but up to 80% of them are preventable. That’s according to the American Stroke Association (ASA ...

Just as heart attack symptoms may differ between men and women, so do stroke risks. Now, the American Heart Association has issued its first guidelines for preventing strokes in women. They focus on ...

The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that. Stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023, ...