A mini stroke can signal a more severe stroke in the future. Here, brain doctors and researchers explain how to identify mini ...

Tennessee is part of the "Stroke Belt" and risks increase during the holidays and winter. Would you recognize the signs?

Cardiologists have long warned that heart attacks and strokes rarely arrive without some kind of signal, yet those signals ...

HOUSTON, Texas — An implanted device that stimulates the vagus nerve has shown promising improvement of arm function in stroke patients in a second small clinical study. While the primary endpoint — ...

Spinal cord stimulators have been used since the 1960s, and the first FDA approval for one of the devices arrived in 1989—all with a focus on treating various forms of chronic pain. In more recent ...

A stroke survivor who experiences chronic pain may begin to perceive that their stroke-affected hand is a different size, raising the risk of accidents, a new study finds. The results may give ...

In December 2011, Heather Rendulic awoke to a pricking, tingling feeling on the left side of her body. She later learned that a cluster of weak, tightly packed blood vessels near the base of her skull ...

Hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) is a prevalent and debilitating complication among stroke survivors that can significantly impede rehabilitation and diminish quality of life. Often emerging within the ...

A world-first study of stroke survivors shows how chronic pain can alter body perception, with the brain tricking patients into believing their affected hand is a different size, increasing the risk ...

Most older adults prescribed gabapentin after a stroke kept getting the drug for at least 1 year. Gabapentin is used off-label for post-stroke pain, despite limited guidelines and safety concerns. The ...

A mother who suffered a stroke and was admitted to intensive care with sepsis on Christmas Day in 2024 has been left feeling ...