Are More Young People Having Strokes?

If a headline such as “Stroke Tsunami: 30 000 More Strokes in the Young” pops into your Twitter feed based on a study in this month’s issue ofJAMA Neurology, should the claim be taken seriously? Is urgent action needed to reverse this trend? While that headline would certainly be eye-catching, the best short answer makes for a lede begging to be buried, “Maybe, but the evidence is pretty cloudy.”

Source: JAMA Neurology - April 10, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: research