Kristian Doyle

The central message: Recovery does not end when formal rehabilitation ends. Rehabilitation should begin early, address the whole person, provide meaningful and sufficiently challenging practice, and be reassessed as needs and goals change over months and years. In August 2026, the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association released a major new guideline on stroke rehabilitation and recovery. It replaces the previous guideline published in 2016 and incorporates a decade of new...

A major clinical trial suggests that a new medication could help prevent second strokes without significantly increasing major bleeding. Here's what stroke survivors and caregivers should know. For many stroke survivors, one of the biggest worries during recovery is whether another stroke might happen. Preventing a second stroke is an essential part of recovery. Fortunately, medications and lifestyle changes can substantially reduce that risk. Now, results from a major clinical trial suggest...

Sleep problems are extraordinarily common after stroke. In fact, for many stroke survivors, disrupted sleep is not a minor side effect of recovery. It may become one of the major factors influencing how they feel, function, participate in rehabilitation, and cope with daily life. The difficulty is that sleep problems after stroke do not always look the way people expect. Someone with sleep apnea may not complain of daytime sleepiness. Someone who spends ten hours in bed may still wake feeling...