A 34-year-old nurse at a Texas hospital has been charged with murder and accused of introducing stroke-like symptoms in seven patients.

There is no timetable for menopause—with perimenopausal symptoms often appearing in a woman’s mid-40s and lasting an average of four years before menstruation ends. These changes affect much more than the reproductive system, with recent research finding the severity of symptoms is tied to vascular aging and other complications.

Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic have received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore deep brain stimulation in post-stroke motor rehabilitation.

An international group of scientists identified 22 new genetic risk factors for stroke, more than tripling the number of gene regions known to impact stroke risk. The total number of stroke risk loci is now 32, the researchers reported March 12 in Nature Genetics.

Patients who developed new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery showed a 33 percent reduced risk of thromboembolism long-term when compared to those with nonsurgical AFib, according to a study published March 28 in JAMA Cardiology.

Foreign-born adults living in the United States have a lower incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke than U.S.–born adults, according to new findings by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

A visor-like wearable device detected emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO) with 92 percent accuracy in a study of 248 individuals, outperforming standard neurologic assessment tools based on physical examination.

A vocal minority who are opposed to using tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) for treating strokes is contributing to fewer patients receiving the clot-busting drug, the New York Times reported.