An innovative procedure called endovascular thrombectomy may be a game changer for those who have a stroke. Getty Images/iStockphoto For decades, there has been scant progress in treating one of the ...

Restaurant owner Tommy Fello regains movement after groundbreaking vagus nerve stimulator implant paired with intensive ...

UPMC’s first Stroke Survivors Reunion celebrated resilience, featuring Ed Hermance’s inspiring recovery story. Quick action and advanced care saved his life.

Alexander Whiting, MD, neurosurgeon and director of epilepsy surgery at AHN's Neuroscience Institute, recently performed the first VNS procedures for stroke recovery in western Pennsylvania. The ...

When you suffer a stroke, time is of the essence. According to research from the American Heart Association, the average patient loses 1.9 million neurons, 13.8 billion synapses and seven miles of ...

SAN ANTONIO -- A woman who suffered a major stroke is able to walk and talk again 48 hours later after getting a new procedure done. Bobbie Thompson said she was at her mother-in-law's home when she ...

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Eighty-year-old Edward “Ed” Hermance is being called a miracle by friends and families after suffering a severe stroke and ...

The neurosurgeons say this marks a paradigm shift in how complex neurovascular interventions can safely be delivered.

Compared with standard intensive speech and language therapy (iSLT) alone, right-sided cervical C7 neurotomy combined with iSLT significantly improved language function in patients with chronic ...