Stroke recovery improves when care addresses social needs like reducing loneliness and depression and strengthening support.

But that good arm can be strengthened. In our newly published research in the journal JAMA Neurology, we found that training the less-impaired arm in people living with chronic stroke can improve ...

Stroke survivors often face long-term challenges with arm function, but new research suggests that training the less-affected ...

Alteplase, a “clot-buster” medication used to treat ischemic stroke, acute myocardial infarctions, and acute pulmonary ...

Traditional stroke rehabilitation therapy focuses on restoring strength and movement to the more impaired side of the body, ...

A stroke occurs when the flow of oxygen-carrying blood to part of the brain is interrupted by a blockage in a blood vessel or ...

For people with ischemic stroke, treatment with the clot-busting drug tenecteplase is associated with a slightly higher likelihood of an excellent recovery and reduced disability three months later ...

Giving the clot-busting medication alteplase at the site of a blocked brain artery after blood clot removal may increase the ...

Finding support, resources, and recovery after a stroke is key to healing, say Tracy Jackson of Rehabilitation Hospital of ...

In the U.S., a stroke happens roughly every 40 seconds. That means, in the time it takes to read a five-minute news article, ...

The researchers believe this is because of a positive cycle: as the arm gets better, people use it more in daily life, and the extra practice helps keep improving it. This is very important for stroke ...

Strokes are the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of disability, according to the American Stroke Association. "Stroke is injury to the brain from impairment of ...