Cognitive, functional decline detected before stroke
Jul 07, 2021
Patients with stroke have steeper declines in the 10 years before stroke compared with stroke-free controls.
Environmental Protection Agency finalizes stronger air quality standards
Feb 09, 2024
The agency estimates that the new standard will prevent up to 4,500 premature deaths in the first year of full enforcement.
Endocrine Society, June 1-4
Jun 20, 2024
The conference highlighted recent advances in the diagnosis and management of obesity, endocrine disorders, diabetes, and growth hormone and thyroid diseases.
AHA: Type of fat consumed may affect risk for stroke
Nov 09, 2021
Dietary intake of vegetable, polyunsaturated fat was linked to lower stroke risk; dietary intake of nondairy animal fat was linked to higher stroke risk.
American Stroke Association, Feb. 7-9
Feb 20, 2024
The conference featured presentations that emphasized basic, clinical and translational medicine and provided insight into the prevention, management and treatment of stroke.
AAN: Stroke prevalence stable overall from 1999 to 2018
Apr 25, 2023
The prevalence of stroke was stable overall and by racial and ethnic and age group, but an increase was seen among men.
Peanut consumption linked to reduced stroke risk in Japan
Sep 10, 2021
An association was seen in men and women for higher peanut consumption with reduced risks of total stroke, ischemic stroke and cardiovascular disease.
Women with LVO acute ischemic stroke less likely to be routed to stroke centers
Jul 26, 2023
Despite presenting with greater NIHSS scores, women were 9% less likely to be routed to comprehensive stroke centers than were men.
1975 to 2019 saw decrease in stroke mortality for men, women
Jan 11, 2023
A sharp increase was seen in stroke mortality with increasing age; a steeper decline was seen for ischemic versus hemorrhagic stroke mortality.
21.2 percent of U.S. adults had diagnosed arthritis from 2019 to 2021
Oct 12, 2023
Age-standardized prevalence rates were higher among women than men, veterans than nonveterans and non-Hispanic whites.