...patients. The company is analyzing data from both studies and has not yet applied for federal approval of ancrod for stroke treatment, Mayer said. Sherman said ancrod should still be considered a promising potential treatment, and stroke experts...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - People who live in the Midwest are five times as likely as Southerners to receive brain-saving clot-dissolving drugs when they have strokes, a study found.

...program. The goal of the program is to improve the overall quality of care for stroke patients by improving acute stroke treatment and preventing future strokes and cardiovascular events. As a GWTG-Stroke participating hospital, CRMC is encouraged...

...functions, for weeks at a time. Unlocking the genetic secrets of these master hibernators could lead to better stroke treatments and easier organ transplants. That thought appeals to the 43-year-old biology professor, who has been studying...