Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States suffers a stroke. This devastating event occurs when blood flow to part of the brain is blocked or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts. The resulting ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nearly 14% of active smokers who survived a stroke use e-cigarettes, and those users were more inclined than ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “These data support the need for interventions to address the substantial proportion of stroke survivors with a ...

October 29 is World Stroke Day, a time to raise awareness about stroke prevention. Understanding risk factors can help people ...

Almost 40% of smokers who survived a stroke kept lighting up afterward, a new study found, and stroke survivors were less likely than cancer survivors to quit. The study, published Wednesday in the ...

Inflammation Link With Stroke Depends on Stroke Type The excess risk of stroke associated with smoking is not significantly different for men and women. (HealthDay News) – The excess risk of stroke ...

This World Stroke Day, experts warn that six key risk factors are driving India's rising stroke burden. Learn how each factor impacts your brain and what you can do ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Smoking, particularly heavy smoking, is linked to some unexplained strokes in younger adults, mainly in male individuals and in people ages 45 to 49, according to a study published in ...

Smoking, particularly heavy smoking, is linked to some unexplained strokes in younger adults, mainly in male individuals and in people ages 45 to 49, according to a study published in the February 19, ...

The type of brain bleeding that causes the most lethal kind of stroke has declined substantially since 1998, possibly as a result of falling smoking rates, according to researchers in Finland.

African Americans who smoke are nearly 2.5 times more likely to have a stroke than those who never smoked, while former smokers show a similarly lower risk as never smokers, according to a new study ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nonsmokers married to smokers have a greatly increased chance of having strokes, according to a U.S. study published on Tuesday showing yet another hazard from secondhand smoke.