Since 2004, doctors in rural emergency rooms have been using webcams to get an expert opinion before treating stroke patients. A report, published on Aug. 3 in The Lancet Neurology says that the new ...

An Internet-based examination system enables stroke patients to be treated as rapidly in rural communities as they are in bigger hospitals with stroke teams, researchers have found. An Internet-based ...

October 16, 2009 (Baltimore, Maryland) — Patients presenting with dizziness may actually be having a stroke, and investigators have discovered a bedside approach to help clinicians identify these ...

One of the most common misconceptions about telestroke is that it’s too disruptive to existing stroke workflows and that this disruption will offset any benefits telemedicine may bring to stroke care.

In a small "proof of principle" study, stroke researchers have found that a simple, one-minute eye movement exam performed at the bedside worked better than an MRI to distinguish new strokes from ...

Stroke is no longer a disease confined to the elderly. Evidence suggests that stroke in younger adults is on the rise, increasingly striking individuals who are younger than 55. The rates of ...

A patient with blink-triggered visual tilt shows a cortical lesion that initially mimicked a peripheral vestibular disorder.