Every year, around 46,000 people in the UK experience a transient ischaemic attack TIA, or ‘mini stroke’, for the first time.

The incidence of stroke following a transient ischemic attack (TIA) has decreased somewhat over the past 50 years but hardly at all during the past decade, a new meta-analysis shows. "This systematic ...

In the U.S., a person has a stroke every 40 seconds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — making strokes just as widespread as they are dangerous. There are different ...

A mini stroke can signal a more severe stroke in the future. Here, brain doctors and researchers explain how to identify mini stroke symptoms....and, how to respond. The post 5 Mini Stroke Symptoms ...

Demographics, medical history, and features of the index event all may help identify high-risk patients who need more ...

Patients who suffer transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke have a persistently elevated risk for subsequent stroke over the next 10 years, results of a systematic review and meta-analysis ...

Last Friday, Oct. 10, I was having dinner with some of my son’s friends and their parents when in the middle of our meal, I noticed that the mother of his friend kept leaning toward her left side.

Every year, nearly 800,000 people will have a stroke, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of these strokes will be what’s called ischemic, which is when blood flow to the ...

DALLAS -- Fewer than half of patients were prescribed a dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) regimen after minor stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), a population-based registry showed. For strokes ...