Cardiology
Stroke rehab improves recovery. So why aren't Hispanic survivors getting enough of it?
Joe Granados was slumped in a chair when his wife—alerted by their children—came to check on him. He didn't seem like himself.
May 22, 2023
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Cardiology
Adverse pregnancy outcomes increase stroke risk
Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai found that women who experience an adverse pregnancy outcome—such as gestational hypertension, preeclampsia or preterm birth—have a higher risk of developing ...
May 22, 2023
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Cardiology
Infarction growth, penumbral consumption after reperfusion in COVID vaccine-naïve patients
According to a study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), SARS-CoV-2 infection may promote continued infarction progression, despite angiographic reperfusion, in vaccine-naïve patients with large-vessel ...
May 18, 2023
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Neuroscience
Research to improve quality of stroke care is advancing but gaps exist
Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a stroke. Every 3.5 minutes, someone in the U.S. dies of a stroke. Stroke patients have multifaceted needs, requiring complicated care delivered by multidisciplinary teams.
May 18, 2023
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Neuroscience
Worldwide stroke deaths expected to increase to nearly 5 million by 2030
The number of deaths worldwide from ischemic stroke increased from 2 million in 1990 to more than 3 million in 2019, and is expected to increase to nearly 5 million by 2030, according to a study published in the May 17, 2023, ...
May 17, 2023
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Cardiology
Wide-ranging strategies needed to eliminate racial and ethnic inequities in stroke care, say researchers
"Upstream" causes of health inequities related to stroke, such as structural racism and structural conditions of the places where people live, learn, work and play, have not been studied well, according to a new American ...
May 15, 2023
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Medications
Statin use cuts five-year stroke risk for patients with atrial fibrillation
Statin use is associated with a lower risk for incident stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) in a duration-dependent manner among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), according to a study presented at the annual ...
May 15, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Marijuana users have triple the odds for leg artery disease, study suggests
Smoking cigarettes has long been linked to peripheral artery disease (PAD), a condition where the buildup of plaque narrows arteries and limits blood flow to the legs or arms.
May 15, 2023
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Medical research
A potential pathway to improved stroke recovery
Ischemic stroke, caused by a blockage of blood flow to the brain, is a common cause of death and disability. Treatments are urgently needed to improve patient outcomes, because recovery currently depends largely on the timely ...
May 11, 2023
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Neuroscience
Air pollution shown to worsen movement disorder after stroke
Air pollution has been shown to have a negative effect on the prognosis of ischemic stroke, or stroke caused by reduced blood flow to the brain, but the exact mechanism is unknown. A team of researchers recently conducted ...
May 10, 2023
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