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First Stroke Risk Reduced With High Fiber Intake
Persons who eat a high-fiber diet experience a lower risk of first-time stroke, according to a new meta-analysis that supports current guidelines to increase fiber consumption.
Source: Consultant Live - April 10, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.What's new?.
PMID: 23647927 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Atencion Primaria - April 1, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Lobos Bejarano JM, González AM Tags: Aten Primaria Source Type: research
Stroke Network Leads to Better Outcomes (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Stroke care networks save lives and reduce the need for long-term care, a study of one of the largest and longest operating networks confirmed.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 29, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
After Minor Stroke, Adding Clopidogrel to Aspirin Reduces Further Risk in Some (FREE)
By Joe Elia
Patients taking clopidogrel in addition to aspirin after minor ischemic stroke show a lower risk for early recurrence, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study. An …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - June 27, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Nonadherence to Antihypertensive Therapy Linked to Stroke Risk (FREE)
By Kelly Young
Patients with hypertension who don't regularly take their medications are at increased risk for stroke, according to a European Heart Journal study.Using Finnish registries, researchers studied nearly 27,000 …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - July 17, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Poor Adherence to Blood Pressure Rx Ups Risk of Stroke
Nonadherent patients were more likely than those who consistently took their antihypertensive medications to die from stroke at 2 years, 5 years, and 10 years after starting continuous treatment.
Source: Consultant Live - July 22, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Endovascular therapies do not improve outcomes in acute stroke.
PMID: 23939607 [PubMed - in process]
Source: American Family Physician - July 1, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ebell MH Tags: Am Fam Physician Source Type: research
Mediterranean Diet Trims Genetic Stroke Risk
A gene variant strongly associated with development of type 2 diabetes mellitus appears to respond to a Mediterranean diet to prevent stroke.
Source: Consultant Live - August 20, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Stroke Affecting More and More People Every Year (FREE)
By Amy Orciari Herman
While death rates from stroke, including ischemic and hemorrhagic events, have declined over the past two decades, the absolute number of people …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - October 24, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Gestational Diabetes Tied to Perinatal Stroke
AUSTIN, Texas (MedPage Today) -- Perinatal arterial ischemic stroke has many possible risk factors, including gestational diabetes, researchers reported here.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 5, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Cooling Stroke Babies Aids Development
AUSTIN, Texas (MedPage Today) -- In a small group of perinatal stroke patients, intentional cooling in the NICU was associated with a total lack of seizures and improved long-term language, cognitive, and neuromotor scores, researchers reported here.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 5, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Early Doses of Warfarin Paradoxically Associated with Higher Stroke Risk (FREE)
By Joe Elia
Patients with atrial fibrillation seem to be at increased risk for ischemic stroke when starting warfarin prophylaxis, according to a case-control study in the European Heart Journal. …
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 19, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Rheumatology Top News: SGR Fix, Guidelines for Stroke in Women
(MedPage Today) -- A repeal of the SGR was the highlight of the week in rheumatology, along with stroke guidelines for women.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 7, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Gout Culprit Promising as Acute Stroke Tx
SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Uric acid given along with thrombolytics in the first hours after an ischemic stroke showed a signal for improved recovery, a Spanish proof-of-concept trial showed.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 12, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Driving High on List for Stroke Survivors
SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Stroke survivors seldom seek formal evaluation of readiness to get back behind the wheel, even if they have significant limitations in other daily activities, a survey showed.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 14, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
