Adults with shingles were about 30 percent more likely to have a stroke during a one-year follow-up than adults without shingles.

A combination of cholesterol and blood pressure medicine can cut the incidence of attacks by up to 60 percent according to a new study.

Humorist Garrison Keillor reportedly has suffered a minor stroke. Despite this, he still plans to launch the new season of his "A Prairie Home Companion" which begins in just over two weeks.

People who drink lots of coffee but who don't follow a Mediterranean-style diet are more likely to have heart problems.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, sister to John F. Kennedy, is reportedly in critical condition. Friends and family have gathered at her bedside.

A person who has exercised regularly prior to the onset of a stroke appears to recover more quickly, say researchers from Mayo Clinic in Florida, who led a national study.

Heavy drinking, heart failure, cancer, type 1 diabetes and preceding infection were identified as predictors of death among stroke patients 15 to 49 years old.

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 make it easier to grip the object, according to a new study.

While minimally invasive coil treatments for those with a ruptured brain aneurysm have proved to be a more effective technique than traditional surgical operation in selected Stroke patients, the superior procedure is drastically more expensive, according to new research from the Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Research Center at University of Minnesota Medical School.

The Telegraph reports that researchers have reviewed studies and found that blood pressure drugs reduced the risk of a heart attack and stroke even in people whose blood pressure was not raised to start with.

A new study has found that families in China face considerable economic hardship following stroke treatment, and it is not uncommon for health care costs to push families below the poverty line. The large study shows over 70% of stroke survivors in China experience a catastrophic impact on their financial situation after stroke treatment due to cost of health care.

Predictors of atrial fibrillation (AF or afib) might offer physicians a better way to prevent stroke in blacks, according to a new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.