Strokes are the fifth leading cause of death, according to the American Stroke Association and they're also a leading cause of disability across the U.S. Dr. Reade De Leacy, a neurosurgery specialist, joined Cheddar News to talk about the importance of response time when treating patients that have suffered strokes. "In stroke, especially in major stroke, two million brain cells are lost for every minute of delay in treatment so time really, really critical," he said.
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Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers could strike this week.
Scientists Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their research that helped pave the way for the mRNA vaccines.
An alternative mental health court program designed to fast-track people with untreated schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders into housing and medical care — potentially without their consent — kicked off in seven California counties, including San Francisco, on Monday.
U.S. health officials plan to endorse a common antibiotic as a morning-after pill that gay and bisexual men can use to try to avoid some increasingly common sexually transmitted diseases.
Canadian wildfires are again set to affect the northeastern part of the U.S.
A new study reveals that yelling and shouting at children can be as damaging as physical and sexual abuse.
Scientists Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their research that helped pave the way for the mRNA vaccines.
