Eating Mediterranean or DASH-style diets, regularly engaging in physical activity and keeping your blood pressure under control can lower your risk of a first-time stroke, according to updated AHA/ASA guideline published ...
Oct 29, 2014
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Women and men share most of the same risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), a large international study has found—the first such study to include people not only from high income countries, but also from low- and ...
Sep 8, 2022
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Combining two independent, scientifically-proven risk measurements allows physicians to better predict an atrial fibrillation patient's risk of stroke or death. The tools also help determine the need for blood thinners in ...
Mar 19, 2017
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An expert committee of researchers in the US has highlighted the strong link between cardiovascular risk factors and brain health, following a review of existing evidence.
Sep 8, 2017
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There are racial and socioeconomic inequalities in the prescribing of oral anticoagulants to reduce stroke risk in people with atrial fibrillation, according to a new study conducted in the UK and publishing June 7 in the ...
Jun 7, 2022
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Disparities between racial/ethnic minorities and whites cross all aspects of stroke care, according to an American Heart Association/American Stroke Association scientific statement.
May 26, 2011
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Only people with migraine with aura have a higher risk of stroke, shows a twin study with 12-year follow-up, from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Brain. The study also found that the risk is lower than previously ...
Sep 27, 2017
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About a quarter of all atrial fibrillation (AF) patients at the lowest risk for stroke receive unnecessary blood thinners from cardiology specialists, according to UCSF researchers, and these providers must be made aware ...
Apr 13, 2015
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If there's one good thing that can be said of strokes, it's this: The vast majority of them don't need to happen.
May 5, 2021
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Atrial fibrillation patients with a prior history of stroke who undergo catheter ablation to treat the abnormal heart rhythm lower their long-term risk of a recurrent stroke by 50 percent, according to new research from the ...
Nov 13, 2016
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