Every minute counts when it comes to stroke treatment. Knowing your risk, the warning signs and acting FAST if you suspect a stroke is crucial to save lives.

That’s like diagnosing a broken leg without an X-ray. Second, many providers fail to use stroke recognition tools like the NIH Stroke Scale or the FAST checklist, designed to standardize care.

NIH medical research used to exclude women. Funding cuts will harm our health. | Opinion More than 400,000 women die of heart disease a year in the US. Just as we're making progress in this fight ...

Transplantation of neural stem cells improved neurologic and motor function for adults with chronic ischemic stroke at 12 months, according to a study presented at the International Stroke Conference.

But now, GEARs is positioned to dive into the actual research. Thanks to NIH funding, a research team has been hired, onboarded, and is already at work on data collection, analysis, and organoid ...

An already cleared nasogastric tube that delivers electrical stimulation for treatment of stroke-related dysphagia is finally being tested in a large multicenter trial.

They had to have salvageable brain tissue as identified on perfusion imaging (CT perfusion or perfusion-diffusion MRI) using iStroke software and a score of 6 to 25 on the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS).

Adjudication and Masking The NIH stroke scale and modified Rankin scale assessments were performed by certified trial personnel at each site.

The rate of NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score increase of at least 2 points during that period was just 2.22% with the zero-degree head position compared with 55.32% in the heads-up group (P <0.001 ...

NIH StrokeNet is funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). UC expects to receive over $14 million in funding over the next five years as the national ...

Patients have shown improvement beyond the first year, when traditional therapy results typically plateau, The device, when combined with rehab therapy, has shown to aid in restoring arm and hand ...