In 2006, Kevin Sheth was a 27-year-old neurology resident in Boston, at both Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In that role, he did rotations within their neurology ...

A clotbusting drug commonly used to treat ischemic stroke interacts negatively with a promising anti-inflammatory treatment (anakinra), underscoring the need to test new stroke therapies alongside ...

Cambridge scientists have developed and tested a new drug in mice that has the potential to reduce damage to the brain when blood flow is restored following a stroke. The study, "Local arterial ...

Restoring blood flow after an ischemic stroke can trigger secondary brain injury, causing inflammation, neuronal death, and long-term disability that current treatments do not address. Researchers ...

A secondary analysis of the MR CLEAN-LATE trial found that penumbra volumes significantly modified the effectiveness of endovascular treatment (EVT) in patients with stroke in the late window, with ...

MURRAY — Ann Itchon says she will never forget the sound of her husband falling in the bathroom the night he suffered a stroke. On Jan. 23, 2024, Ted Itchon woke up around 2 a.m. to use the bathroom ...

The difference between life and death, between full recovery and permanent disability, often comes down to a matter of minutes when someone experiences a stroke. This medical emergency creates a race ...

Stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI) symptoms and signs vary. TBI includes light, noise sensitivity; stroke presents with facial drooping.

A type of therapy that stimulates specific brain pathways with electromagnetic pulses combined with physical therapy significantly reduced overall disability in stroke survivors compared to survivors ...

Cambridge scientists have developed and tested a new drug in mice that has the potential to reduce damage to the brain when blood flow is restored following a stroke. As many as one in four people ...

Since 2022, the hospital has not been providing the life-saving, clot-dissolving TPA drug and instead sending stroke patients to PGI, losing precious time ...

A stroke can strike without warning, and every minute counts when it does. It happens when the blood supply to your brain is cut off, causing severe damage in a short amount of time. While many of us ...