A trio of risk factors not only increase your risk of stroke, but they also raise the odds that such a stroke will be debilitating, a new study warns.

People with conditions or habits such as high blood pressure, an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or smoking, not only have a higher risk of stroke, they may also have more severe strokes than people without these risk factors,

Want to lower the risk of having a stroke? Tiny changes can really help prevent serious, disabling strokes. Here are three shocking yet common reasons why strokes happen.

Death or serious disability after stroke are more likely for people who have certain risk factors, according to a new study.