Abstract Background and Purpose— Early identification of stroke patients in need of rehabilitation or long-term nursing facility (NF) care may promote more efficient use of health care resources and ...

A new Johns Hopkins study, published in Cancer Discovery and partly funded by the NIH, found that genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years prior to a cancer ...

New research suggests that cultural norms and expectations play a role in how much sleep people need for optimal health.

In stroke cases, the answer to both is often yes. When doctors delay imaging, dismiss symptoms or ignore protocols, they deviate from what any reasonable practitioner would do.

A mini stroke, or transient ischemic attack (TIA), involves the same risk factors and physical processes that cause a stroke, but it resolves on its own before permanent damage.

Aim To describe procedural aspects and clinical outcomes in a consecutive series of patients in whom manual aspiration thrombectomy (MAT) was performed as the first treatment modality with other ...

“The vast majority of adults truly need somewhere between seven and nine hours, and we offer that range because there is a ...

Background Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is an important complication of stroke. Guidelines recommend that DVT prophylaxis should be guided by an assessment of the individual patient's risk. The authors ...

Exercise can temporarily increase blood pressure or lower it slightly. Learn more about when to talk to your doctor, blood pressure readings, and safety tips.

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