Share on Pinterest Higher-intensity walking combined with physical therapy could help improve stroke recovery and quality of life. alvarez/Getty Images In a new study, stroke survivors in a ...

Strokes are the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of disability, according to the American Stroke Association. "Stroke is injury to the brain from impairment of ...

Stroke recovery represents one of the most challenging yet hopeful journeys in medicine. While the brain damage from a stroke cannot be reversed, the remarkable ability of the human brain to rewire ...

A seismic shift is underway in how experts view functional recovery after a stroke. For years, the prevailing belief was that regaining limb mobility beyond 6 months was nearly impossible, as damaged ...

Share on Pinterest An observational study examines how age-related changes to white matter in the brain could impact recovery following a stroke. Rosem Morton for The Washington Post via Getty Images ...

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 ...