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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 warning signs (face, arm and speech) better with the F.A.S.T. acronym, according to a preliminary study presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2025, held in Los Angeles, Feb. 5–7, 2025.

Closely following a Mediterranean diet was associated with having better brain health among Hispanic/Latino adults in a preliminary study presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2025, held in Los Angeles, Feb. 5–7, 2025.

T-cells from the liver and lymph nodes show promising potential for future treatments of liver cancer, according to a new study. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have investigated how immune cells react to tumor-specific antigens in the complex environment surrounding liver cancer.

A blood test may rapidly distinguish brain bleeds from clot-caused strokes, even before people with stroke symptoms reach the emergency room, according to a preliminary study presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2025, held in Los Angeles, Feb. 5–7, 2025.

People with shorter protective caps at the end of their chromosomes (called telomeres) may be more likely to develop age-related brain diseases such as stroke, dementia and late-life depression (usually diagnosed at age 60 or older), according to a preliminary study presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2025, held in Los Angeles, Feb. 5–7, 2025 .

Electrocardiogram tests may someday be used with an artificial intelligence (AI) model to detect premature aging and cognitive decline, according to a preliminary study presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2025, held in Los Angeles, Feb. 5–7, 2025.

Kaboom! The first time most of us hear the sound of an explosion is in the movies. Encountering the sound in the real world—even at a distance—has a profoundly different effect. Why? It’s all about context. How we react to sounds and other sensory stimuli depends on how they’re presented. We often don’t know how we’ll respond to something until we experience it. And the sensation is sometimes quite different from what we expected. So, the brain has to adjust quickly.

Researchers have uncovered a link between COVID-19 and blood markers linked to faulty proteins in the brain. The analysis, led by researchers at Imperial College London and the UK Dementia Research Institute, found that people who had previously had COVID-19 were more likely to have increased levels of biomarkers linked to faulty amyloid proteins—a known hallmark for Alzheimer’s disease.

The Trump administration has made some concessions to the halt placed on distributions of global HIV treatments via the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), according to The New York Times.

Just a few years ago, children with type 1 diabetes reported to the school nurse several times a day to get a finger pricked to check whether their blood sugar was dangerously high or low.