NEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters) - A new test based on ultrasound scans may be able to spot people at high risk of a stroke, though it is still too early to be excited, researchers said. Nearly 800,000 ...

A new 15-minute tool to screen stroke survivors for visual perception problems has been launched by researchers from Durham and Oxford universities. The free screening tool could make it easier for ...

A new 15-minute tool to screen stroke survivors for visual perception problems has been launched by researchers from Durham and Oxford universities. The free screening tool could make it easier for ...

Someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds, and every four minutes, someone dies from one. While the risk of a stroke varies with race and ethnicity, according to the CDC, they are the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new guideline on prevention of a first stroke calls for more screening of risk factors in primary care ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Life Line Screening, the nation's leading provider of mobile preventive heart health and stroke risk screenings announced their expansion of cardiovascular screening ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Two studies found that mass screening for atrial fibrillation in older adults does not reduce stroke. In one ...

Mass screening for atrial fibrillation using ECG together with heart failure biomarker does not prevent ischaemic stroke or systemic embolism (blood clot) in older adults aged 75-76 years over 5 years ...

Hospital readmission of stroke elderly remains a need for detecting preventable risks. This study aims to develop a Readmission Stroke Screening Tool or RRST. The mixed research design was employed, ...

Is it time for universal screening for atrial fibrillation (AF), the most commonly treated type of arrhythmia that sets people up for strokes? For now, however, US organizations that issue guidelines ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new test may be able to spot people at high risk of stroke, although it's too early to be excited, researchers said Wednesday. Yet some already are. That's because the ...