It presents compelling evidence that stroke survivors can continue to improve with therapy well beyond the traditional 3-6 ...

More than 700,000 Americans experience a stroke each year, with many survivors experiencing long-term motor impairments that limit their ability to perform everyday activities. Access to ...

Hospitals are referring a larger share of stroke patients to inpatient rehabilitation facilities, which typically favor home health as the provider of any additional step-down care, a recent study ...

A new study found that women fared worse than men in some areas of stroke recovery after 12 months. “Existing knowledge shows that females had more difficulty in completing daily tasks such as eating, ...

Nirupama Yechoor, MD, MSC, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in JAMA Network Open, "Coherence of Stroke Survivors' Lived ...

Spotting a stroke quickly can make all the difference between a full recovery and lifelong challenges. In the fast-paced ...

J.P. Shellnutt suffered a major stroke five years ago that left him partially paralyzed on his left side. He credits much of his recovery to faith and some famous friends.

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