Hospitals are referring a larger share of stroke patients to inpatient rehabilitation facilities, which typically favor home health as the provider of any additional step-down care, a recent study ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — More than 700,000 Americans experience a stroke each year, with many survivors experiencing long-term motor impairments that limit their ability to perform everyday activities. Access ...

About 25% of Americans will experience a stroke, according to Steven Edgley, MD, director of stroke rehabilitation at University of Utah Health since 2006. Edgley knows full well how life-changing a ...

Leading rehabilitation specialists share breakthrough techniques that help stroke survivors regain independence, with remarkable success stories of recovery When Sarah Thompson woke up one morning ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in vagus nerve stimulation. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection ...

Women have a harder time getting back to baseline in the year after a stroke when it comes to daily activities like eating, ...

A stroke can come out of nowhere, and it can be permanently life-altering, both for the victim and for their friends and family. However, just as the severity of a stroke can vary depending on the ...

As a physical therapist in Shanghai, Zheng Wang worked with people recovering from strokes after their brains had been damaged by oxygen deprivation. They usually followed a predictable recovery ...

Stroke recovery extends far beyond the hospital walls, presenting survivors with a complex web of obstacles that test both physical endurance and mental fortitude. Each year, nearly 800,000 Americans ...