In the UK, as many as 7,000 strokes per year are now prevented because more patients with atrial fibrillation are being identified and treated.

If doctors adopt these more aggressive guidelines for treatment of high blood pressure in stroke survivors, researchers calculate that this could result in one-third fewer deaths.

A new study published in Heart, a journal of The BMJ, suggests the equivalent of about an egg per day may actually help reduce heart disease risk.

Using Finnish-style saunas could significantly lower stroke risk, suggests an observational study conducted by researchers at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.

A Cleveland Clinic survey finds remarkable gaps in basic knowledge about heart attacks and strokes between different generations.