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An 18-year-old female student was rushed to the emergency room, unable to move the left side of her body and experiencing severe speech impairment. Doctors diagnosed her with a rare form of stroke.

A woman who alleges she was administered an anesthetic against her will that caused permanent disabilities is suing three doctors for $15.4M

The hospital fulfilled all 10 criteria

The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world, and 60 percent are preventable. The death of Lauren Bloomstein, a neonatal nurse, in the hospital where she worked illustrates a profound disparity: the health care system focuses on babies but often ignores their mothers.

This study aimed to investigate the impact of characteristic ischemic stroke and outcomes during the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world, and 60 percent are preventable. The death of Lauren Bloomstein, a neonatal nurse, in the hospital where she worked illustrates a profound disparity: the health care system focuses on babies but often ignores their mothers.

If destiny exceptions for nurses really existed, Authority Magazines interview with nurse Pamela Jane Nye may explain why.

Este protocolo se ha activado en más de 2.000 ocasiones desde 2018. El Código Ictus define qué pacientes se pueden beneficiar de cada técnica en la fase aguda del ictus, así como dónde derivar a cada paciente según las indicaciones y pruebas

When someone who may be having a stroke is brought by EMS to New Hanover Regional Medical Center, a specialized medical team meets the patient at the door and immediately starts to evaluate their symptoms and make decisions about the next steps of care. That process, triggered by what’s called a Code Stroke, was launched a decade ago, and since then NHRMC has added specialists in neurointerventional surgery and been certified as a DNV-GL Comprehensive Stroke Center. NHRMC, now part of Novant ...