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Adults with the skin disease shingles appear to be at an increased risk for stroke, especially when it affects the area around the eyes, researchers report. Previous reports have linked shingles with stroke risk, but the exact frequency and risk for these...
Blood clots that form in the coronary arteries cause heart attacks. However, many people don't realize that clots also can...
Combining heart-bypass surgery with a common stroke-prevention surgery appears to increase the risk that a patient will die or suffer a postoperative...
If you have a sibling who's suffered a stroke, you might be nearly twice as likely to have one yourself,...
Canadian researchers report that strokes treated on weekends are 14% more deadly than those treated on weekdays. "And while the study...
Beauty shops may be an ideal place to educate minority women about the key warning signs of a stroke, according to a...
Stroke patients in rural hospitals can receive safe, effective treatment with a clot-busting U drug when an expert from a larger hospital...
Neurologists say they've developed a quick test to assess the risk if someone who suffers a transient ischemic attack (TIA)...
Many American stroke patients have cholesterol levels higher than the national guidelines. A number of these patients may not have had a...
A newly engineered form of the blood-thinning drug heparin has proven more effective at preventing life-threatening clots in people who suffer strokes...
The incidence of stroke has dropped over the last 50 years and yet stroke still remains a major problem for older Americans....
What would you do if you knew in advance that you were at risk for a stroke? You might assume that an...