LAS VEGAS -- B.B. King's physician and the coroner in Las Vegas say the 89-year-old blues legend died of a series of small strokes attributable to his longstanding battle with type 2 diabetes. Dr.

A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) reveals a strong link between cardiovascular diseases — such as heart failure, atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease — and ...

Vascular dementia is brain damage, caused by inhibited blood flow to the brain, writes Rachel Wooller, outreach worker with the Alzheimer’s Society. When someone suffers a stroke, the supply of oxygen ...

A 72-year-old man with a 6-month history of cognitive impairment and visual hallucination presented to an emergency room after repeated falls a few days ago. His wife felt that he had been slow in ...