CHICAGO (Reuters) - A newer, less invasive approach to preventing strokes using a device called a stent proved to be as safe and worked just about as well as surgery, U.S. researchers said on Friday, ...

SAN ANTONIO -- The fairly frequent covert strokes arising after surgery could be tied to postoperative delirium and long-term cognitive dysfunction, based on the observational PRECISION study. Among ...

Although stroke treatments have vastly improved in recent years, leading to better outcomes for many, one population of patients often does not receive these effective therapies: those who suffer ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: In 2021, I drove to the hospital with chest and back pain. I was told that I needed an emergency surgery to remove my gallbladder. During the procedure, I suffered a heart rhythm ...

Surgery soon after diagnosis of a heart infection eliminated the incidence of strokes and repeat infections, researchers said in a presentation at the American Heart Association‘s Scientific Sessions ...

Doctors from Scotland and the US have completed what is thought to be a world-first stroke procedure using a robot. BBC News can reveal Prof Iris Grunwald, of the University of Dundee, performed the ...

DAVIS -- Chloe Barr was just 18 years old when she suffered a life-changing stroke. In 2023, while at her family home in Davis on spring break during her freshman year at UC Irvine, Barr says she ...

LOS ANGELES — Results from 10 years' follow-up in the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy versus Stenting Trial (CREST) trial comparing carotid stenting and endarterectomy show low postprocedural ...

Greg James shares update after his dad suffered stroke during heart operation: 'he's fighting hard' - The BBC Radio 1 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Minorities are at greater risk of complications from surgery to remove blockages from the neck arteries, and are more likely than whites to have the procedure in ...