According to the National Stroke Association (2011), stroke strikes about 795,000 Americans every year, killing 144,000, and forever changing the lives of many who survive. Stroke is an attack on the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Occupational therapy helps stroke patients recover their ability to care for themselves and also keeps them independent longer, according to a new scientific review of the ...

A 2020 update from the American Heart Association notes that someone in the U.S. has a stroke every 40 seconds. The need for post-stroke care is apparent, especially in the form of comprehensive ...

Every five minutes someone in the UK has a stroke. It is the equivalent of a heart attack for the brain. A stroke is sudden and its effects immediate. As well as affecting body functions it can damage ...

Medically reviewed by Forest Miller, OTR/L Key Takeaways Occupational therapy helps people do everyday tasks on their own. It ...

Strokes have a debilitating effect on quality of life; the combination of cognitive and physical effects can be especially devastating. A new study showed that moderate to severe hand and arm ...

FARGO — A Fargo man recovering from a stroke is benefiting from a groundbreaking treatment now available for the first time in North Dakota. Sanford Health therapists are using Vivistim therapy, a ...

A Methodist Hospital patient gave over $9,000 total in donations to three Omaha rehabilitation centers he attended, over six ...

MONTH AND ONE SURVIVOR IS PAYING IT FORWARD BY VOLUNTEERING IN THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE RECOVERED. AND DESPITE HIS PHYSICAL STRUGGLES, HE’S REKINDLING HIS PASSION TO HELP OTHERS. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S ...

WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital received a DNV Primary Stroke Center accreditation. According to a press release, ...