In mice, blocking heart-to-brain signals improved healing after a heart attack, hinting at new targets for cardiac therapy.

Arteries can narrow with fatty buildup. Blood struggles to move. Oxygen drops. A heart attack can follow, and it remains the world’s top killer. Researchers at the University of California San Diego ...

Physical rehabilitation and symptom management still remain the mainstay of treatment for stroke, as clot removal or ...

The prevalence of these brain changes was generally the same between those with and without a recent stroke and there were no apparent sex differences in the results. Dr Zhou said the study also ...

The first international trial of an unproven stroke treatment available in the U.S. has concluded that, while harmless, "perispinal" etanercept—injected into the spinal area—is no more effective than ...

Factor XIa inhibitor milvexian did not provide meaningful secondary prevention over dual antiplatelet therapy for stroke survivors, the phase II trial AXIOMATIC-SSP found. In patients with recent ...

Even patients with acute ischemic stroke who are delayed in getting to the hospital and already have large cerebral infarcts may derive a benefit from endovascular therapy to remove the clot, ...

A secondary analysis of the phase 2 PACIFIC-STROKE trial showed that asundexian is effective for the secondary prevention of stroke in patients with stroke of atherosclerotic origin, but not those ...