A newly approved blood test may help spot people at increased risk for stroke who lack traditional risk factors, such as high blood pressure or diabetes. The test, called PLAC, is the first blood test ...

A simple blood test that gauges six distinct inflammatory indicators has been devised by a group of US medical researchers to determine the risk of stroke. Just as blood cholesterol tests indicate the ...

Strokes are a medical emergency, yet imaging can capture only snapshots of how brain damage develops in the hours and days ...

When combined with clinical scores, a "game-changing" blood test can expedite the diagnosis and treatment of large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke, potentially saving many lives, new data suggested.

May 30, 2012 (Lisbon, Portugal) — A test to detect swallowing difficulties in patients with stroke is an easy, sensitive, and highly predictive screening tool, a new study shows. Use of the test was ...

Dec. 20 (UPI) --Can genetics help predict a person's risk for stroke at birth? An international team of researchers thinks so. They have developed a genetic risk score based on findings from a simple ...

A streamlined, nurse-led response for hospitalized patients experiencing an acute stroke at a Texas academic medical center ...

We have received many questions and comments about the aftermath of a stroke. As we continue searching for answers to many of these questions, I reached out to Dr Emilio Oribe, director of neurology ...