A widely used sugar substitute found in everything from keto snacks to diet drinks may not be as harmless as it seems. New research shows that erythritol can disrupt brain blood vessel cells, reducing ...

In one large survey, researchers at the American Heart Association found that a third of US adults have experienced symptoms ...

Every year, millions of people around the world suffer ischemic strokes that block blood flow to a region of the brain. Restoring blood flow rapidly is decisive and can save lives. But paradoxically, ...

Restoring blood flow after an ischemic stroke can trigger secondary brain injury, causing inflammation, neuronal death, and long-term disability that current treatments do not address. Researchers ...

Strokes are a medical emergency, yet imaging can capture only snapshots of how brain damage develops in the hours and days that follow. For many other organs, blood tests can indicate acute injury, ...

Measuring blood flow in the brain is critical for understanding response to a range of neurological problems, including stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and vascular dementia. Obtaining such ...

The brain's health depends on more than just its neurons. A complex network of blood vessels and immune cells acts as the brain's dedicated guardians-controlling what enters, cleaning up waste, and ...

Memory loss can point in more than one direction. A patient may seem to fit Alzheimer’s disease, only to have signs that also ...

EAMONN Holmes has suffered a stroke and is recovering in hospital in his latest health blow. A stroke is a life-threatening ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects 14 million people in Britain, five million of whom are unaware that they suffer ...