DUBLIN, Today, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) published new stroke treatment guidelines that recommend the use of stent retriever technology - such as Medtronic ...

CHICAGO, May 28 (Reuters) - Stroke patients may still benefit from clot-busting drugs up to 4 1/2 hours after their first symptoms, according to new U.S. guidelines issued on Thursday that greatly ...

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (KTRK) -- Having a stroke is one of the scariest health emergencies you or a loved one could ever face, but if you live in The Woodlands or Montgomery County, your chances of ...

The American Stroke Association just released new stroke prevention guidelines. They include considering GLP-1 receptor agonists. Doctors applaud the new guidance. More than 795,000 people in the U.S.

More than 795,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke each year, which is a leading cause of serious long-term disability. Many of the leading risk factors for stroke are modifiable, making prevention ...

Credit: Getty Images. "Get With the Guidelines®-Stroke" is a warehouse of evidence-based tools, resources, and trends meant to keep clinicians up to date on the latest information Being on the front ...

Patients suffering from a stroke are more likely to have improved outcomes and fewer complications when hospitals use standardized guidelines for stroke care during a patient’s admission and discharge ...

Previously, the guidelines said the drug must be delivered within three hours of the onset of symptoms. The drug, called tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, breaks down blood clots in the brain, and ...

Each year in the U.S., over half a million people have a first stroke; however, up to 80% of strokes may be preventable. The new primary prevention of stroke guideline from the American Stroke ...

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] My father-in-law was one of the toughest people ...

DALLAS -- A change to stroke treatment guidelines is expanding the time that some patients can get clot-busting drugs. Current recommendations limit the use of the medicine to within three hours after ...

It was one of those findings that would change medicine, Dr. Christopher Lewandowski thought. For years, doctors had tried — and failed — to find a treatment that would preserve the brains of stroke ...