Healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as good nutrition, smoking cessation and being physically active, along with routine health screenings and managing risk factors for cardiovascular disease and stroke ...

University of Queensland researchers have developed a fast cognitive screening tool that can detect often-missed rehabilitation needs for people who have experienced a stroke. Clinician-researcher ...

A brief episode of blurred vision in one eye, a moment of unexplained dizziness, or a few seconds of slurred speech can ...

In Australia, stroke is among the leading causes of death and permanent disability. Some 5% of deaths are due to stroke, while strokes cost the Australian health-care system A$6.2 billion annually.

Stroke remains one of the leading causes of long-term disability and death worldwide, yet medical experts emphasize that many of its devastating ...

Every minute that a stroke goes untreated, roughly 1.9 million neurons die, according to neurologist Jeffrey L. Saver’s widely cited analysis. That biological clock makes fast recognition of warning ...