The government will launch a £12M awareness campaign to remind people what the first symptoms of a stroke are. This is part of a bigger stroke awareness strategy after ministers were critisised abou the standard of stroke care. Posters and leaflets will be available in GPs and other public...

A strokepatient in Germany has been treated by a stem cell therapy, the only clinical trial of it's kind. Genitically engineered bone marrow stem cells were injected into his brain and hoped to aid recovery. The therapy is known as CellBeads and uses mesenchymal stem cells that are genetically...

Up to five children a day in Britain are suffering from strokes and their consequences, according to new research. Scientists at Bristol University will be studying victims to get to know more about symptoms that can occur. Young stroke sufferers are usually diagnosed too late to benefit from lif...