Imagine you're at a dinner party and the person sitting across the table from you suddenly stops making sense, and not because of the glass of wine in their hand. Then maybe one side of their face ...

Once a stroke begins, every minute counts—literally. Studies consistently show up to 2 million brain cells die every minute during a stroke, which increases the risk of permanent brain damage, ...

Samantha Ballas, of Syracuse, is a fourth-year medical student at SUNY Upstate Medical University in the Rural Scholars Program. She is a NYSARH Research and Policy Fellow in the 2025 cohort. She is ...

MURRAY — Ann Itchon says she will never forget the sound of her husband falling in the bathroom the night he suffered a stroke. On Jan. 23, 2024, Ted Itchon woke up around 2 a.m. to use the bathroom ...

A stroke can strike without warning, and every minute counts when it does. It happens when the blood supply to your brain is cut off, causing severe damage in a short amount of time. While many of us ...