Tuesday is World Stroke Day. Stroke is the fifth-leading cause of death and a leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the U.S., despite stroke being largely preventable, treatable and beatable.

Every 40 seconds someone in the United States has a stroke. The most common type of stroke happens when a blood vessel in your brain becomes blocked by a clot or plaque. While strokes mostly affect older adults in their 70s, rates in young people are going up.

There are critical signs that often can go ignored by stroke victims.

Stroke is something that affects many of us, whether it’s happened to us personally or to someone we love, but oftentimes, the perception is that strokes can only happen to older people. That assumption is wrong.

Betty White had a stroke nearly a week before she died, TMZ reported Monday.

Kristen Aguirre, by all accounts, did everything right: She wanted to deliver the news, and work as a storyteller, especially for underserved communities -- and after college, she landed TV jobs in Quincy, Illinois; Flint, Michigan; and then Denver, working as a reporter and anchor. It seemed like nothing could stop her. Until she was blindsided by a ischemic stroke that hit the motor strip of her brain.

Stroke is something that affects many of us, whether it's happened to us personally or to someone we love, but oftentimes, the perception is that strokes can only happen to older people.

Mayo Clinic is hosting a free webinar for Stroke Awareness Month.

Knowing weakness on one side of the body is a symptom of stroke, Melogy’s client checked him for other symptoms such as facial drooping and difficulty speaking. AdInside his headIn just 20 minutes, JFRD transported Melogy to Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville’s Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center, a Joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center. Ad“Time is everything when it comes to stroke,” Dr. Nima said. Within minutes of arriving at the hospital, Dr. Nima recommended Alteplase, an FDA-approved blood clot-busting medication that helps improves recovery for stroke patients. “The stars aligned for me to be where I am today.”Time is brain when it comes to stroke.

Preventing a StrokePublished: September 23, 2020, 8:01 amEach year -- more than 795 thousand people in the U-S have a stroke and about 140 thousand die. Exercise and a healthy diet can help prevent a stroke -- but there are some other ways you can lower your risk.

Doctors are also seeing a drop in some medical emergencies, according to Cleveland Clinic neurologist Ken Uchino, M.D. Many people around the country noticed, other stroke neurologists, as well, the number of people coming in with stroke were declining,Uchino said. Uchino published a study, which found stroke cases dropped 30% during a recent coronavirus surge. His team studied data from 19 emergency departments in Northeast Ohio, comparing stroke cases before and during the surge. The complete results from this study can be found in the journal, Stroke.

Dr. Jenkins joins us to talk about the warning signs of a strokePublished: November 9, 2019, 8:48 amAfter Chely Wright suffered a stroke she took to social media to urge fans to pay attention to their bodies