For patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) receiving first-line sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i), the risk for stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), and all-cause mortality is similar to those receiving metformin, ...
May 24, 2022
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Early tracheostomy does not significantly improve the rate of survival without severe disability at six months for patients with severe stroke receiving mechanical ventilation, according to a study published online May 4 ...
May 11, 2022
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Julie Stillman was 55 years old when a blood vessel in her brain suddenly burst. The hemorrhagic stroke left her unable to compose a simple sentence—a hard blow for a woman who built a career in book publishing.
May 4, 2022
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Researchers at the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center in Japan found that patients aged ≥75 years with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) and previous stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) more commonly had ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Stroke is a leading cause of disability and death in the U.S., with roughly 800,000 Americans suffering a stroke every year.
Apr 14, 2022
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage is a type of bleeding stroke which can lead to a delayed ischemic stroke after just a few days. Researchers from Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin have shown that massive electrochemical waves ...
Apr 12, 2022
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Among patients with a history of ischemic stroke, more intensive low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)-lowering statin-based therapies are associated with a decreased risk for recurrent stroke but an increased risk ...
Feb 22, 2022
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Stroke patients on long-term blood thinners who were given the clot-busting drug alteplase enjoyed better recoveries than those who did not receive the drug and had no increased risk of bleeding, a new study led by UTSW researchers ...
Feb 10, 2022
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(HealthDay)—The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that current evidence remains insufficient for weighing the benefits and harms of screening for atrial fibrillation (AF). These findings form the basis ...
Jan 27, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Men with lower concentrations of total testosterone do not have an increased risk for cardiovascular events, while lower concentration of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is associated with a higher incidence ...
Dec 28, 2021
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