Strokes among young people are on the rise. Classic risk factors, such as high blood pressure and cholesterol, play a role, ...

Even if you're not drinking *quite* as much water as experts recommend, you could be lowering your risk slightly.Reviewed by Dietitian Emily Lachtrupp, M.S., RDKey PointsA new study found that ...

Overall, following a healthy eating pattern can help lower a slew of stroke risk factors, including your blood pressure, ...

Health, emotional well-being, financial, and family stress levels are associated with intracerebral hemorrhage risk after controlling for hypertension.

The Primary Stroke Center at GBMC has one of the highest stroke survival rates for inpatient stay, 1 month post-discharge and ...

Researchers have found that, among Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander subgroups, risk for stroke and coronary heart disease is higher.

Acute stroke in pregnancy and puerperium (ASPP) can be life-threatening and clinically difficult to manage. A new study by ...

Background and Purpose —The purpose of this study was to clarify whether the relevant risk factors for silent cerebral infarcts (SCIs) in subcortical white matter (WM) are different from those in the ...

Gene therapy for sickle cell disease may help improve a major contributing factor to stroke risk in patients, reports a new ...

A sedentary lifestyle is one of the 5 major risk factors (along with high blood pressure, abnormal values for blood lipids, smoking, and obesity) for cardiovascular disease, as outlined by the AHA.