One in six deaths from cardiovascular disease in the United States is due to stroke, and over 100 million people worldwide have had a stroke, which is a leading cause of serious long-term disability.

University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute researchers with the Calgary Stroke Program at Foothills Medical Centre revolutionized treatment for stroke with the ESCAPE Trial, proving that a clot ...

Flossing your teeth at least once a week may do more than protect against cavities. A new study suggests it could lower the ...

A new study suggests that a simple blood test could help emergency responders quickly determine whether a stroke is caused by ...

Regular flossing (at least once a week) may reduce the risk of stroke linked to blood clots from the heart and conditions like atrial fibrillation (AFib). Its benefits appear to be independent of ...

Behind-the-knee pain could be due to muscle strain or arthritis—or something far more serious. Orthopedic experts say these ...

More than 60,000 people bleed to death every year in the U.S. Many of those deaths occur before the patient reaches a trauma ...

Flossing regularly may lower the risk of some strokes as well as a type of irregular heart rhythm that can increase stroke ...

An irregular heartbeat is a condition that occurs when the heart's electrical impulses are either too fast, slow or ...

For Bentley Barker, a Union Local Middle School student, the wish of a lifetime is about to come true. Bentley’s love of ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States.  Every year, one in four deaths are ...

US guidelines recommend the PRECISE-DAPT score to assess bleeding risk. The European approach uses this or the ARC-HBR score, ...