Stroke

This is how you will identify a stroke before it is too late

In emergency medicine, one phrase guides stroke treatment: "Time equals brain." Every minute without care kills millions of nerve cells and reduces recovery chances.

Illustration: Arm test for stroke identification
A doctor looks at a brain X-ray

BRAIN.Q launches home-based AI brain recovery service in Israel

A Magen David Adom mobile intensive care unit and paramedic, June 2, 2025; illustrative.

Red traffic light saves stroke victim's life in Rishon Lezion

Former president of Supreme Court Asher Grunis speaks during a conference at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute on July 2, 2018.

Former Supreme Court president Asher Grunis hospitalized after suffering stroke


Scientists build robo-glove to help stroke victims recover - study

A soft robo-glove can help stroke patients relearn to play music and improve coordination, dexterity and rehabilitation.

 Stroke

Migraine sufferers have increased risk of ischemic stroke - study

People who have insomnia – trouble falling asleep, staying asleep and waking up too early – may also be more likely to have a stroke.

 Woman with a headache

Israeli biomedical research introduces new brain damage rehab techniques - study

A study conducted at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa sheds light on the subject of brain damage and finger dexterity.

Hand-eye coordination (illustrative).

Can Israeli AI smartphone app diagnose strokes from afar?

The company says the technology will provide the triage clinician with a tool for immediate diagnosis, with a high degree of accuracy of whether the patient has had a stroke and how severe it is.

 The CVAid platform.

Israel’s first-ever brain cooling at Jerusalem hospital saves life of Filipina nursing assistant

Until now, these patients have been treated with drugs or operated on.

 From left, Dr. Mausbach, Alma (Norila’s caretaker), Norila, Dr. David Hazon

Palestinian child suffers stroke, is saved at Jerusalem hospital

A child suffering a stroke is a rare case, with an incidence of one in half-a-million children.

 Dr. Yaakov Amsalem and Ayla.

Singing, especially in groups, promotes rehabilitation from strokes, study shows

Researchers have found that language function and the psychosocial well-being of patients and their families can be promoted by singing in a group.


People with this blood type have a greater chance of having a stroke

Our blood type is genetically determined, and throughout life this has several implications. Now, new research shows that there’s a connection between blood type, and the risk of having a stroke.

A paramedic takes a blood sample from a front line ambulance worker, Britain June 5, 2020

Can the annual flu vaccine reduce risk of stroke? - study

Researchers found that patients who had gotten a flu shot were 12% less likely to have a stroke than those who had not gotten a flu shot.

Vaccination against the flu

Your blood type could increase your risk for a stroke before age 60

New research shows that people with blood type A might be more likely to have an early onset stroke than blood type O.

 Blood vessels