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Stroke

June 2026

  • Human brain illustration

    Challenges of treating and living with a brain injury

    Letters: Readers respond to an article by Ian Sample on how early intensive rehabilitation after a stroke or head injury is crucial for recovery
  • A man in a navy blue shirt sitting at a table in his garden

    The ideas interview
    The doctor who mends broken brains: why there is room for hope after a stroke or head injury

    The neurologist Orlando Swayne doesn’t suggest everyone can recover. But he does argue that early, targeted and intense therapy can sometimes bring about life-changing improvements – and we have a moral obligation to provide it
  • A woman in a brown cardigan and white shirt standing in a field of white flowers

    A new start after 60
    A new start after 60: I became my husband’s carer – and saw travel, nature and love anew

    After Sarah Geeson-Brown’s husband had three strokes, she began looking after him. Suddenly her world shrank and expanded in unexpected ways

May 2026

  • Human brain scans

    Lacunar strokes caused by widening of arteries in brain, study suggests

  • Closeup of a doctor measuring a male patient's blood pressure

    Black people in England twice as likely to suffer stroke as white counterparts

April 2026

  • Woman measuring her own blood pressure at home.

    Home blood pressure checks could reduce risks after hypertensive pregnancy

    Study finds monitoring and adjustment of medication where needed can help protect mothers’ heart health
  • Tourists taking selfie at Doi Suthep Temple with hazy view of Chiang Mai.

    Chiang Mai’s New Year revelry hit by smog and war-related price spikes

    Air pollution caused by wildfires is another blow to northern Thailand’s tourism industry as businesses suffer amid war in Iran

    • Key stroke treatment still not available around the clock across England

    • NHS rehabilitation care staff shortage fails stroke patients, say health leaders

    • NHS England to offer weight-loss drugs to 1.2m people to reduce risk of heart attacks and strokes

March 2026

  • An image of a brain against a purple background

    ‘Strong evidence’ of lowered dementia risk: the benefits of shingles vaccination

  • powder on black background with rolled up twenty pound note

    Recreational drugs can more than double risk of stroke, study suggests

February 2026

  • Overhead view of a large group of healthy raw food for mediterranean diet. The composition includes salmon, chicken breast, canned tuna, cow steak, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, dairy products, olive oil, eggs and legumes.

    Mediterranean diet can reduce risk of stroke by up to 25%, long-term study suggests

    Two-decade study indicates a diet rich in olive oil, nuts, seafood and vegetables can cut risk of every type of stroke

January 2026

  • NHS staff on a hospital ward

    Shortage of NHS stroke specialists resulting in thousands dead or disabled, say doctors

    Exclusive: Lack of consultants in UK health service means patients do not get drugs or surgery in time, say senior medics
  • Middle aged woman having blood pressure monitored

    High blood pressure: who is at risk and why UK children are getting it

    Why it is so dangerous, how it is diagnosed and how to help prevent it
  • Teenage boy boy looks at orange mobile phone screen.

    Call for routine high blood pressure testing of UK children as cases almost double

    Exclusive: Identifying teenagers at risk could help prevent organ damage, strokes and heart attacks in early adulthood, doctors say

December 2025

  • Energy drink cans on display on a supermarket aisle

    Consuming lots of energy drinks may raise heart disease and stroke risk, say doctors

    Study cites case of otherwise fit and healthy man in his 50s who had a stroke after eight-drink-a-day habit

October 2025

  • A physiotherapist aids a patient who is walking with the help of crutches

    Physiotherapy care in decline because of poor NHS facilities, poll shows

  • A person measuring their waist with a tape measure.

    Weight-loss drug cuts heart attack risk regardless of kilograms shed, study finds

September 2025

  • A woman sitting in a wheelchair with a healthcare assistant kneeling beside her

    First Edition newsletter
    Friday briefing: The Huntington’s treatment is a ray of light for victims of a brutal disease

    In today’s newsletter: A gene therapy trial has successfully treated Huntington’s for the first time – one of several recent groundbreaking medical advances bringing hope in gloomy times
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