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Patients' physical activity in stroke units in Latvia and Sweden
ConclusionPatients are inactive and alone for a majority of the time during hospitalization at a comprehensive stroke unit in both countries. There are differences in environment in the stroke unit between countries.
Source: Brain and Behavior - March 24, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Agnese K ārkliņa, Erik Chen, Guna Bērziņa, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH Source Type: research

Googling the Lifetime Risk of Stroke Around the World
Conclusion: Overall life expectancy is a major driver of the lifetime risk of stroke. The interactive map enables clinicians to search information about the lifetime risk of stroke interactively and navigate by zooming in and out, while still retaining high resolution.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - July 30, 2020 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Energy Drinks Have Become Wildly Popular With Teens. Here ’s Why it’s a Public Health Concern
This article was originally published on Undark. Read the original article.
Source: TIME: Health - June 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sara Talpos / Undark Tags: Uncategorized Food & Drink onetime syndication Source Type: news

Factors associated with long ‐term mortality for stroke unit patients in Latvia
ConclusionAlcohol abuse as a pre ‐stroke risk factor, poststroke urinary incontinence as a neurological symptom, and dependence in grooming as a factor of disability were associated with earlier mortality in the first seven years after stroke.
Source: Brain and Behavior - November 12, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Illa Mihejeva, Anita V ētra, Guna Bērziņa Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH Source Type: research

Atrial fibrillation in immigrant groups: a cohort study of all adults 45  years of age and older in Sweden
In conclusion, we observed substantial differences in incidence of AF between immigrant groups and the Swedish-born population. A greater awareness of the increased risk of AF development in some immigrant groups may enable for a timely diagnos is, treatment and prevention of its debilitating complications, such as stroke.
Source: European Journal of Epidemiology - July 12, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

UK heart disease and stroke death rates now lower than cancer
Conclusion This valuable research informs on the burden of cardiovascular disease and associated mortality across European countries. It demonstrates that CVD is still the most common cause of death across Europe, but rates have been falling over the past 10 years. This fall means that in several European countries, including the UK, cancer rates now overtake CVD death rates in men. Generally, CVD disability and burden of disease seems to be greater in Eastern European countries. The WHO mortality data and population data are quite up-to-date and should be reliable, though as the researchers say, there was a lack of high ...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Cancer Neurology Source Type: news

Correction: Living in Latvia after stroke: the association between functional, social and personal factors and the level of selfperceived disability--a cross-sectional study
Bērzina G, Smilškalne B, Vētra A, et al. Living in Latvia after stroke: the association between functional, social and personal factors and the level of selfperceived disability—a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2016;6:e010327. The last author of this paper, ‘Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen’ should be listed as ‘Katharina S Sunnerhagen’ and cited as ‘Sunnerhagen KS’.
Source: BMJ Open - July 6, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Open access Correction Source Type: research

Living in Latvia after stroke: the association between functional, social and personal factors and the level of self-perceived disability--a cross-sectional study
Conclusions Functional, social and personal factors are of similar importance when explaining self-perceived disability in the chronic phase of stroke. Some, but not all, of the factors are modifiable by the healthcare system. Therefore, a complex approach and involvement of medical, social and political systems is needed.
Source: BMJ Open - June 23, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Berzina, G., Smilskalne, B., Vetra, A., Stibrant Sunnerhagen, K. Tags: Open access, Neurology, Rehabilitation medicine Research Source Type: research

A comparison of stroke rehabilitation; data from two national cohorts
ConclusionsAlthough components of the rehabilitation are reported as being the same, characteristics and the outcome of the inpatient rehabilitation are different. Therefore, comparison of stroke rehabilitation between countries requires caution.
Source: Acta Neurologica Scandinavica - December 15, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: G. Bērziņa, A. Vētra, K.S. Sunnerhagen Tags: Original Article Source Type: research