CDC data reveals stroke deaths in the South are nearly 60% higher than in the Northeast, with Black Americans facing the highest rates of any demographic group nationwide.

Overall deaths due to ischemic stroke have increased in several categories, especially in nonmetropolitan and minority populations, and at-home deaths due to ischemic stroke increased by 21% between ...

In young adult patients with infective endocarditis, age-adjusted mortality rates for stroke-related mortality have significantly increased in the past 2 decades. Age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMR) ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Since 2013, the increase in cerebrovascular mortality occurring across the United States has been most pronounced in rural communities, a study shows. That increase comes amid a longer ...

Following a five-year upward trend likely impacted by the COVID pandemic, the number of heart disease and stroke deaths has declined, yet, heart disease and stroke still kill more people in the U.S.

A global increase in stroke-related death and disability has been linked to extreme temperatures related to climate change, data from a 30-year global study showed. In the first study to assess the ...

ESCAPE is the first study to show that the overall stroke mortality rate was reduced by 50 percent with neurointerventional surgery, from two in 10 patients for standard-of-care treatment to one in 10 ...

Alexis Payne has a passion for planting trees. As a 31-year-old volunteer and student at the University of New Orleans, Payne regularly has full days both in the classroom and outdoors. Seven months ...