(Reuters Health) - Many people who wake up with stroke symptoms may find doctors reluctant to provide some treatments because guidelines put a time limit on when they can be given effectively, and ...

SALT LAKE CITY — As many as 80% of the more than half-million strokes in the U.S. each year could be preventable, according to the American Stroke Association's new clinical guideline that calls for a ...

Strokes are the fifth-leading cause of death in the United States, and the leading cause of disability — but up to 80% of them are preventable. That’s according to the American Stroke Association (ASA ...

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Stroke is a leading cause of disability and death in California, according to state health leaders. They say more than 14,000 Californians die of stroke each year and ...

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 ...

(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, new stroke prevention guidelines have been released for the first time in a decade, focusing on the nation’s fourth leading ...

The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that. Stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023, ...

On June 22, 2021, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law Senate Bill 21 (S.B. 21), which amends ORC 4765.401 governing protocols for the assessment, triage and transport to hospitals of stroke ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES — New guidelines for the management of acute stroke include selection criteria for patients to receive mechanical endovascular thrombectomy up to 24 hours after their stroke. The ...