A large study shows risperidone raises stroke risk in patients with dementia, even those without cardiovascular disease — highlighting the need for more cautious prescribing.

Katrina Carter, DPT, FNS, is a licensed travel physical therapist. She specializes in orthopedics and has a passion for providing education on nutrition for healing and overall health and wellness.

Tim Curry is revealing raw details about the near-fatal stroke he suffered in July 2012 that left him partially paralyzed. In his new memoir, "Vagabond," the 79-year-old actor recounted experiencing ...

He suffered a stroke after bending his neck into the shampoo basin and ... One day you're wearing the black Velcro vest, and the next, you find yourself with the patient's pristine white shirt draped ...

Deciding whether to get Botox can feel confusing, especially when marketing claims and results don't always match. That is why Dr. Bita Farrell's split-face experiment is so compelling. Usually, we ...

Background: Patients with prior ischemic stroke are at high risk for recurrent stroke and other major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). The benefits of achieving very low levels of low-density ...

A major U.K. study of more than 165,000 dementia patients has found that risperidone raises stroke risk without exception, challenging safety assumptions by leaving no "safe group." The powerful ...

Stroke risk calculators aren't exactly new. Physicians currently use a conventional risk calculator, called the CHA2DS2-VASc score, which considers a patient's age, sex, and medical history to ...

Racial and ethnic disparities in United States stroke care vary by intervention type at the national and state levels.

In a randomized trial, adding an antiplatelet to anticoagulant therapy in patients with ischemic stroke, nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, and atherosclerosis provided no significant benefit. There was ...

A service to provide urgent treatment to people who have suffered a severe stroke will run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in a bid to save more lives. The service at the Queen's Medical Centre ...

Video Quality Speed 00:00 02:01 New technology offers hope for stroke recovery Specialists are optimistic about new technology that could significantly aid stroke recovery, even long-term. (WKRC, file ...