The widely used FAST acronym remains the best tool for helping bystanders recognize stroke symptoms, despite efforts to expand it to BE-FAST.

Learn the common warning signs of a stroke, which are essential to recognize to ensure a person gets prompt treatment.

A study found that Streptococcus anginosus, a common mouth and gut bacterium, is more prevalent in stroke patients and linked ...

F.A.S.T. -- can help bystanders recognize the first signs of stroke and call 911 right away, a new study says. Both F.A.S.T ...

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People with brain bleeds had nearly 7 times higher blood levels of a specific brain protein, called glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), than those who had strokes caused by clots in a study ...

Our grey matter has always been a mystery, even to neurologists, but Professor Masud Husain says life-changing advances may ...

A new study finds that the bacteria Streptococcus anginosus is more abundant in the saliva and gut of people who have had a ...

When it comes to prompting people to call 911 at the first sign of stroke, both F.A.S.T. and BE-FAST stroke warning signs acronyms were equally effective. However, people remembered the key stroke ...

A COMMON bacteria found in the mouth and gut could raise the risk of a deadly health emergency, scientists say. Higher levels of the bacteria Streptococcus anginosus was found in the gut of recent ...

Eight years ago, at the age of 53, Jeff Miller woke up, got out of bed and fell to the floor. Although he was having trouble seeing, he managed to get down the stairs to the first floor of his ...

Both F.A.S.T. and BE-FAST acronyms motivated people to call 911 right away for a possible stroke, and this impact lasted for 30 days.