When Joseph Broderick was a college sophomore in 1975, stroke treatment was a waiting game. Doctors could diagnose a stroke but couldn’t stop it. There were no scientifically proven therapies, no ...

Innovations in stroke diagnostics and treatment techniques are saving brains — and lives — and making it possible to reverse disability from stroke. Since most strokes are “ischemic,” or caused by a ...

Several Aspirus hospitals earned 2025 stroke care awards from the American Heart Association for following lifesaving ...

When Cheryl Hamrick woke up in the middle of the night, she didn’t know what time it was. It was the awful pain radiating from the right side of the back of her head that was at the forefront of her ...

Every 40 seconds someone in the United States experiences a stroke. With more than 795,000 patients annually experiencing a stroke, it is now the leading cause of disability for Americans. Identifying ...

I am a neurosurgeon who specializes in the treatment of acute strokes, brain bleeds, and tumors. Every second counts for my patients, and I am determined to help as many as I can. This Thanksgiving ...

New pooled data confirm that endovascular thrombectomy improves survival and function in large-core stroke, offering hope for patients once deemed ineligible.