Kirsty Woodhouse, 35, told Newsweek about the terrifying ordeal: "I was so scared in case I wasn't going to make it." ...

Delayed diagnosis is a serious issue in modern medicine. Explore conditions that are frequently diagnosed too late or ...

Adriana Smith was declared brain-dead in February. Her family was required to keep her on life support until her baby could ...

Smith, a nurse and mom, was declared brain dead in February and was kept on life support until her son was born via C-section ...

A stroke is a medical emergency that happens when blood flow to a part of the brain is suddenly blocked or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts. When this happens, brain cells don’t get the oxygen ...

UF Health Jacksonville has unveiled its first mobile stroke unit. With its telemedicine equipment, paramedics can connect to stroke neurologists in real time.

Like a lot of people, I’d had some squamous cell carcinomas removed from my scalp. But in June 2024, a red splotch, about the size of my fist, appeared on ...

The baby of a brain-dead woman has been delivered via C-section after her body had been kept on life support due to abortion ...

A pregnant woman declared brain-dead months ago is being kept on life support in Georgia until her baby can be delivered — a decision doctors made to obey the state’s strict abortion ban ...

Following testing, including a CT scan, doctors knew what caused Smith’s troubles. She had blood clots in her brain.

They’ll do imaging tests like a brain MRI or CT scan to check for bleeding or signs of a clot in the brain. That’s the surest way to confirm and diagnose a stroke from a blood clot like CVST.

CT scans diagnose afflictions from tumors to kidney stones to life-threatening diseases and injuries, such as aneurysms and blood clots leading to stroke. But the radiation emitted by this ...