stroke

Every forty seconds someone has a stroke. In the US alone, there are eight million stroke survivors! Half of the stroke recurrences happen within the first week. Peter M. Rothwell, MD, Ph.D., of Oxford University, England and colleagues found that 5.1% of patients with an initial transient ischemic attack had a stroke within the next 24 hours....

During the past several decades, stroke care in the United States has substantially evolved, with organizations such as the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, Brain Attack Coalition, and National Stroke Association all being at the forefront of this movement. One of the major advancements is the organization of care that has and is being transformed...

The pituitary gland is situated in the center of the brain, about 10 cm behind the nose, along a virtual line between the ears. In spite of its small size - about the size of a cherry-pit - it is very important. The pituitary gland is the superior ductless gland of the body and produces...