A strange text message from a loved one usually means one of three things: He's the victim of autocorrect or a pocket-dial -- or you're the victim of a drunk-text. But evidence is beginning to build ...

Harvard scientists are reporting that a case of so-called "dystextia" clued them in that a 25-year-old pregnant woman had suffered a stroke and was in need of urgent medical care. A healthy woman who ...

You probably get text messages often with misspellings and abbreviations. But doctors say mistakes in texting sometimes suggest a problem more serious than bad grammar. It’s called dystextia, and it ...

Given that stroke is the No. 1 cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States, and the third leading cause of death, most of us know a friend or family member who’s had one. This also ...

Difficulty or inability to write a coherent text message, even in patients who have no problem speaking, may become a "vital" tool in diagnosing a type of crippling stroke, according to new research.