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A Parkland Health pharmacy specialist explains why overexposure in high temperatures can make people on certain medications more sensitive to heat.

Shortz, who has been absent from NPR's Sunday Puzzle in recent weeks, announced that his absence was due to a stroke in early February.

Cases of stroke among people 20 to 44 have increased over the last decade. A neuro-intensivist with Texas Health Fort Worth explains why.

UT Health Houston researchers designed RAPIDO, to help improve outcomes for Latinos with stroke. It's a major killer among Latino men and women.

The findings don’t lead to immediate new patient treatments, but represent a major step in better treating and preventing strokes, according to co-authors of the study.

An accomplished writer and guitarist suffered a devastating stroke. He lost use of his strumming hand. But he still found a way to continue making beautiful music on his guitar.

Avrel Seale lost the use of the entire right side of his body, including his guitar strumming hand. Somehow he's found a way to still move forward on guitar.

From Texas Standard: In 2001, Jonas Koffler was working for a tech startup in Austin. He was 26 years old, ambitious, and climbing the company ladder by...

The brain's cerebellum helps shape thinking and emotion, as well as physical coordination, research shows. Could stimulating that part of the brain help ease some aspects of autism and schizophrenia?