New research provides further evidence that thrombolysis benefits select patients with acute ischemic stroke up to 24 hours after symptom onset.

A 16-year-old lacrosse player woke up one morning and immediately knew that something was wrong. He had a bad headache and ...

The clot-dissolving medication, alteplase, improved stroke patients' recovery by more than 50% when given up to 24 hours after the beginning of an ischemic stroke, according to preliminary ...

Eight years ago, at the age of 53, Jeff Miller woke up, got out of bed and fell to the floor. Although he was having trouble seeing, he managed to get down the stairs to the first floor of his ...

My neighbor had a stroke and received a "clot buster" medication. Then, I found out my uncle had a surgery after a stroke.

In a randomized clinical trial in China, giving the clot-busting medication alteplase up to 24 hours after stroke symptoms first appeared increased the odds of better recovery by 50% compared to those ...

neurological deficits (assessed using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale [NIHSS] score at 2 days), angiographic reperfusion (evaluated using the expanded Treatment in Cerebral ...

Stroke survivors were more likely to have little or no disability after 90 days if a clot was removed from a large brain artery followed by the injection of the clot-dissolving medication tenecteplase ...

Software that sends brain scans to on-call specialists has yielded faster treatment ... caring for stroke patients. The software has speeded up the gap between arriving at the ER and receiving ...

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 ...

A rapid blood test could speed treatment for people who have suffered a stroke related to brain bleeding, a new study says. Stroke victims with brain bleeds have nearly seven times higher blood ...

"We believe these findings mean more people may return to normal or near-normal lives after a stroke, even if they receive treatment later than originally thought beneficial," Lou said.