Black U.S. individuals are especially vulnerable to stroke, with a two-to-threefold higher stroke incidence and 1.2 times higher stroke mortality than white U.S. individuals. Black women in particular, experience stroke and ...
Nov 13, 2023
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The widely available blood thinner apixaban substantially reduced stroke in at-risk patients with a type of atrial fibrillation only detectable by a pacemaker or other implanted cardiac electronic device, a global study has ...
Nov 13, 2023
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People with low education and income levels may have a 10% increased risk of death or being dependent on others to complete daily tasks three months after a stroke compared to people with high education and income levels, ...
Nov 8, 2023
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A new study published in Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications has investigated the effects of the 2011 Chinese Society of Cardiology guidelines (2011 CSC guidelines) on the overall and subtype specific cardiovascular ...
Nov 7, 2023
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Women who have survived a stroke believe they are less likely to receive adequate emergency care—based on gender and race or ethnicity, a study led by Michigan Medicine and Brown University finds.
Nov 6, 2023
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The combination of persistent tobacco use and prediabetes (higher than normal blood sugar levels that may progress to type 2 diabetes) triples the risk of stroke in young adults who do not have other cardiovascular risk factors, ...
Nov 6, 2023
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People who live in neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic status are less likely to receive clot-busting medications or undergo clot-removing procedures after they have a stroke than people who live in neighborhoods with ...
Nov 1, 2023
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has achieved another breakthrough in rehabilitation device development. The Mobile Ankle-foot Exoneuromusculoskeleton is the first-of-its-kind multimodal robot for ankle-foot rehabilitation ...
Oct 31, 2023
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For patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), stopping dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) within one month for ticagrelor monotherapy is noninferior and superior to 12 months of ticagrelor-based DAPT, according to a study ...
Oct 27, 2023
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Receiving a clot-busting drug in an ambulance-based mobile stroke unit (MSU) increases the likelihood of averting strokes and complete recovery compared with standard hospital emergency care, according to researchers at Weill ...
Oct 26, 2023
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