After losing the use of the right side of his body as a child, Tom O'Connell spent four years writing a 305-page memoir with ...

Scientists created a stroke rehabilitation system that restores movement, touch, and body awareness by combining VR with ...

A new kind of partnership between human and machine is beginning to reshape how stroke recovery may look in the future.

Doctors use physical exams, blood and heart tests, and imaging techniques like CT scans and MRIs to diagnose strokes and identify their type and potential triggers. A swift diagnosis is crucial ...

Hypothermia is usually a medical emergency. But under the right conditions, controlled cooling can also be a way to protect ...

The use of thrombectomy in patients with acute stroke and a large infarct of unrestricted size has not been well studied. We assigned, in a 1:1 ratio, patients with proximal cerebral vessel occlusion ...

Risk assessment Researchers from Caltech and the Keck School of Medicine at USC have created a portable laser-based headset that can estimate stroke risk. Caltech postdoctoral scholar Simon Mahler is ...

It’s known as a “mini” stroke — but a transient ischemic attack (TIA) is no small thing. Though it typically lasts only a few minutes, this temporary blockage of blood flow to the brain can be an ...