A new study by researchers at the University of Tasmania's Menzies Institute for Medical Research has found people living in lower socio-economic areas (SES) are significantly more likely to experience stroke than people ...
Oct 29, 2025
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In the weeks following a bout of influenza or COVID, the risk of heart attack or stroke may rise dramatically, and chronic infections such as HIV may increase the long-term risk of serious cardiovascular disease events, according ...
Oct 29, 2025
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For decades, stroke patients with swallowing difficulties have routinely received crushed tablets to reduce the risk of aspiration. New clinical data now challenge this practice. A study using endoscopic swallowing diagnostics ...
Oct 28, 2025
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If you need another reason to brush and floss, here it is: Research suggests keeping your mouth healthy might also protect your brain and heart.
Oct 23, 2025
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For more than 40 years as a researcher and clinician, Joseph Broderick has actively contributed to improvements in stroke care, occupying a front row seat to seismic innovations: the clinical trials that proved tPA as the ...
Oct 23, 2025
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Stroke can happen to anyone, at any age and at any time. The number of strokes among younger adults under 55 is rising worldwide, and every day in the UK around 240 people experience the traumatic and life-changing effects ...
Oct 21, 2025
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Researchers at the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital conducted one of the largest qualitative studies with stroke survivors and care partners within the United States to better understand what well-being ...
Oct 17, 2025
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Drugs targeting the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) offer several positive effects for individuals with type 2 diabetes, including the lowering of blood glucose and the reduction of body weight and of cardiovascular ...
Oct 16, 2025
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A major U.K. study of more than 165,000 dementia patients has found that risperidone raises stroke risk without exception, challenging safety assumptions by leaving no "safe group."
Oct 10, 2025
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Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and the University of Vermont have developed a more precise way to assess stroke risk in people with atrial fibrillation (A-Fib), a condition that affects 10.5 million Americans and ...
Oct 6, 2025
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