It's fitting that BEFAST is the acronym for recognizing and responding to the signs of a stroke: Balance, eyes/vision loss, facial drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty, and time to call 9-1-1.

Men and women may be equal, but our bodies don’t always react to danger the same way. Strokes especially don’t play fair. While both genders share the classic warning signs — sudden numbness, slurred ...

Samantha Ballas, of Syracuse, is a fourth-year medical student at SUNY Upstate Medical University in the Rural Scholars Program. She is a NYSARH Research and Policy Fellow in the 2025 cohort. She is ...

Senior Lecturer, Adult Nursing and co-lead, Ageing, Acute and Long Term Conditions. Member of Health and Well Being Research Center, London South Bank University Stroke can happen to anyone, at any ...