Dear Doctor K: Do women need to take special precautions to prevent a stroke? Dear Reader: Yes, they do — and a new set of guidelines published earlier this year helps us to understand what ...

A leading cause of death for Americans, strokes impact more than 795,000 people in the United States annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Only a doctor can treat a stroke in progress, but you can adjust your lifestyle and maintain healthy habits to prevent one from developing.

People who chronically felt moderately stressed have a 78% higher risk of having a stroke, putting women at a much higher risk, since women report feeling significantly more stressed than men on ...

Avoiding this potentially serious illness is as simple as planning ahead.

The findings from the Women’s Health Initiative are in line with recent guidelines for the primary prevention of stroke.

Women-specific factors like gestational diabetes or pregnancy complications also played a major role, increasing stroke risk by 70% regardless of whether the risk was traditional or nontraditional.

In major new guidance, an influential task force no longer recommends daily aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke for people 60 and older.

A study of 14,100 adults finds the average heart age is 4 to 7 years older than their actual age, prompting development of a ...