An ischemic stroke is a form of stroke brought on by a blockage of blood supply to the brain. The primary focus was on early-onset strokes, or ischemic strokes that occur in persons under 60.

The anterior cerebral artery supplies blood to parts of the frontal and parietal lobes of the brain. Also known as the ACA, it is one of a pair of arteries essential to delivering oxygen to the brain.

Curt Bailey ’99, CEO of Bloodworks Northwest, explains how the blood-supply system came to be and describes the strengths of a uniquely American system. It is just expected that blood will be ...

Occipital lobe strokes do not happen often because of the anatomy of the Circle of Willis, a group of arteries that supply blood to the brain. It's the job of arteries to get blood with oxygen in it ...

Vitestro's blood drawing (phlebotomy) robot is designed to offer a solution to what the company says is a growing shortage of healthcare personnel, coupled with rising demand for blood tests with ...

NORTH DAKOTA (KXNET) — After an emergency blood shortage, the blood supply across the nation is doing okay. Leaders from Vitalant say it’s not at the point where they have four days of blood supply on ...

The Senators walked into enemy territory on Tuesday night and beat the Toronto Maple Leafs in their backyard with a 3-0 victory at Scotiabank Arena in the first game between the two arch-rivals ...

For sometime now, brain stroke patients in the West could avert brain damage as neurosurgeons used a sophisticated retriever stent to clear the blood clot from blocked arteries and restore blood flow ...

More than 600,000 people in the US will have their first stroke this year. The American Stroke Association wants to arm doctors and patients with the knowledge to help lower that number.

I had operated on a brain tumour exactly a week before I was scheduled to travel for work to Uzbekistan. This 66-year-old ...

Brain blood flow resistance (also called cerebrovascular impedance) is linked to cognitive problems, which can manifest in several ways, including: Difficulty remembering recent events.

New Technique Could Help Treat Aggressive Brain Tumors July 17, 2024 — Burst sine wave electroporation was found to cause less damage to cells and tissue but more disruption to the blood-brain ...