Morristown Medical Center has once again received the Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus. Bestowed on us by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association, this accolade signifies our commitment to getting stroke patients the clot-busting treatment they need faster, reducing long-term effects and disability. Learn more about our stroke center >
Many lives could be saved if relatives of patients with aortic diseases underwent routine screening and genetic testing, a new study suggests.
The more you smoke, the greater your chances of developing a common heart rhythm disorder that increases your risk of stroke and early death, researchers say.
Much of the United States has been sweltering in triple-digit heat this week, but new research finds outdoor workers can suffer fatal heat stroke from temperatures that only reach the high 80s.
Sickle cell disease increases the risk of stroke for African Americans -- but recent research shows carrying the genetic trait for sickle cell doesn't.
