(NewsNation) — The most common type of stroke is an ischemic stroke, accounting for about 87% of all cases, according to the American Stroke Association. It occurs when blood flow to the brain is ...

Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), a blood biomarker, can be used to rapidly distinguish between hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke, according to a new prospective study. The hope, researchers say, ...

Endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke is generally avoided when the infarction is large, but the effect of endovascular therapy with medical care as compared with medical care alone for large ...

Intravenous thrombolysis is a standard treatment of acute ischemic stroke. The efficacy and safety of combining intravenous thrombolysis with argatroban (an anticoagulant agent) or eptifibatide (an ...

Expanded eligibility for advanced stroke therapies and new recommendations for diagnosing and treating stroke in children and adults are among the major updates in the new 2026 Guideline for the Early ...

PHOENIX, AZ—IV tirofiban lessens early neurological deterioration when given within 24 hours of symptom onset in patients with an acute noncardioembolic ischemic stroke who aren’t treated with IV ...

Results of six recent trials of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for patients with large-core ischemic stroke (LCIS) provide strong evidence for the benefit of this intervention compared with medical ...

Identifying profiles and mapping the patient journey in Japan with a large-scale digital survey of patients with prostate cancer (PC): Comparison with Western countries. This is an ASCO Meeting ...