The work could lead to improvements to stem cell therapy and contribute to the development of other treatments with similar ...

Here’s what you should and shouldn’t do if you suspect someone is having a stroke: The first sign of stroke symptoms, call ...

Ischemic strokes, like Coontz’s ... “This important study is one of the first suggesting that stem cell administration into the brain can promote lasting neurological recovery when given ...

Here's what a stroke is, what causes it and what treatment usually looks like.

Despite not causing identifiable symptoms, a silent stroke still causes damage to the brain, and places the patient at increased risk for both transient ischemic attack and major stroke in the future.

This brain wave test shows whether there is an ischemic stroke and whether the blocked cerebral blood vessel is large or small. This distinction determines the treatment: in case of a small ...

For survivors of the most common type of stroke, called an ischemic stroke ... that a cell therapy derived from stem cells can restore normal patterns of brain activity after a stroke.

Returning blood to the brain is necessary when a patient has an ischemic stroke, characterized by a clot in the blood vessels. Hemorrhagic stroke is the second most common type of stroke and ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted clearance for a new feature in Brainomix’s 360 Stroke solution, allowing physicians to evaluate ischemic core volume from universally available ...

HealthDay News — Traditional risk factors contribute to young-onset cryptogenic ischemic stroke (CIS) without patent foramen ovale (PFO), while nontraditional risk factors seem more important for CIS ...

Ischemic stroke results from an obstruction of a blood vessel supplying blood to the brain. The brain is an organ extremely sensitive to reduction of oxygen and energy, and brain damage is already ...