SAFE welcomes WHO decision on stroke classification: Stroke is now finally classified as a standalone disease  within the Neurological family. According to Jon Barrick, SAFE's President, this WHO's decision reverses the erroneous placement of cerebrovascular diseases...

Insomnia is associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke, according to research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. "Sleep is important for biological recovery and takes around a third of our lifetime, but in modern society...

It is not enough to know the symptoms of stroke. The medical staff treating a stroke patient needs to know when to act, how to act and how to properly care for a stroke patient in order for him/her to have the best survival and recovery rate. All of the necessary...

Could bone-marrow-derived stem cells aid stroke recovery? A multicenter trial looking at whether a single dose of millions of adult, bone-marrow-derived stem cells can aid stroke recovery indicates it's safe and well-tolerated by patients but may not significantly...

The medical treatment a stroke patient receives in the first 3 to 6 hours means the difference between life or death, or recovery and lifelong disability. Rena from Israel, aged 81 was widowed recently and lives a semi active life as she suffers from borderline heart...