Coping with memory loss after a stroke can be a daunting and emotionally overwhelming journey. Approximately one-third of patients are affected by memory loss within the first year after stroke. 1 ...

A good night’s sleep is essential for health and emotional well-being. However, the same cannot be said for people who survived a stroke of transient ischemic attack (TIA). After a stroke or TIA, ...

Though past research has indicated that someone’s level of education could delay the onset of dementia, there’s a limit to how far book smarts can help when recovering from a stroke, suggests a new ...

Incident stroke was associated with accelerated and persistent declines in global cognition and executive function (cognitive process that regulates an individual's ability to organize thoughts and ...

As stroke severity increases, the risk of progressive cognitive decline and dementia substantially escalates, according to a national study led by Michigan Medicine researchers. People with the most ...

In 2006, Kevin Sheth was a 27-year-old neurology resident in Boston, at both Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In that role, he did rotations within their neurology ...

As stroke severity increases, the risk of progressive cognitive decline and dementia substantially escalates, according to a national study led by Michigan Medicine researchers. People with the most ...

A new study shows how the brain reorganizes itself in the first few months after a stroke to improve the ability to speak again. The findings will help researchers understand how functional networks ...

A large national study found that dementia risk increased as stroke severity increased. People with the most severe strokes had five times higher odds of developing dementia than those who did not ...