Recovering after a stroke may feel like a daunting task. Among other things, your brain must relearn skills it lost when it was damaged by the stroke. Recent research, though, shows that the brain is ...

BETHESDA, Md. (June 15, 2009) A person whose hand function has been affected by a stroke can release an object more quickly when the affected arm is supported on a platform, but the support does not ...

If you encourage patients coming back from stroke to exercise, you're doing the right thing. Regular physical activity can help improve recovery and reduce the risk for another stroke. But emerging ...

In the US, someone has a stroke every 45 seconds. Around one-third of these strokes are recurrent and a significant amount of those strokes lead to death. Returning to previous levels of activity ...

Exercise significantly improves clinical measures of cognitive function in adults who have experienced a stroke, a new study finds. Stroke survivors not only have twice the risk for dementia, but ...

David Gerfen slips on a headset and finds himself in a food truck, tasked with assembling a cheese-and-tomato sandwich to order. Transported to another virtual environment, Gerfen has to use one hand ...

(Reuters Health) - People who've had a stroke can improve their blood pressure and reduce their risk of repeat strokes if they exercise, according to a new review of previous studies. "One of the ...