If you have high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat or smoking habit, you may be at a higher risk of severe stroke.

Mississippi has one of the highest stroke mortality rates in the country, a ranking stroke care professionals at the University of Mississippi Medical Center would like to reduce.

Mississippi has one of the highest stroke mortality rates in the country, according to health officials. “Every stroke victim ...

or a blood vessel ruptures (hemorrhagic stroke). When brain cells are deprived of oxygen and nutrition, they express several symptoms including weakness, numbness, difficulty speaking, and vision ...

Data shows more than 12,500 people in theirs 50s suffered the potentially fatal condition in 2023/24. By comparison the ...