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Intensive Medical Management to Prevent Large and Small Artery Atherothrombotic Stroke
This Viewpoint examines the potential of using newer strategies to prevent ischemic stroke due to large and small artery atherothrombosis, including agents to lower LDL cholesterol, as well as increase eicosapentaenoic acid levels, insulin sensitivity and synthesis, and folic acid levels.
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - July 1, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Hypertension: Folic acid reduces stroke risk
Nature Reviews Cardiology 12, 257 (2015). doi:10.1038/nrcardio.2015.45 Author: João H. Duarte Several randomized trials have shown no beneficial effect of folic acid in preventing cardiovascular disease, but some reports have suggested that folic acid supplementation might decrease the incidence of stroke. In a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the
Source: Nature Reviews Cardiology - March 31, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: João H. Duarte Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research

Folic acid, a B vitamin, lowers stroke risk in people with high blood pressure
If you’re among the one in three American adults with high blood pressure, be sure you’re getting plenty of the B vitamin known as folate. Doing so may lower your odds of having a stroke, an often disabling or deadly event linked to high blood pressure, a new study suggests. Folate occurs naturally in many foods, but especially green leafy vegetables, beans, and citrus fruits. Here in the United States, add to the list most grain products, including wheat flour, cornmeal, pasta, and rice. They are fortified with the synthetic version of folate, known as folic acid. That’s not the case in many countries ar...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - March 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julie Corliss Tags: Drugs and Supplements Hypertension and Stroke high blood pressure Source Type: news

Folate Supplements for Stroke Prevention Targeted Trial Trumps the Rest
The effect of folate supplementation on cardiovascular disease has been studied in many observational studies and randomized trials and has been a topic of debate for a number of years. In this issue of JAMA, Huo and colleagues provide results from their important clinical trial of folic acid therapy for primary prevention of stroke. In a carefully designed and executed randomized trial, 20 702 adults with hypertension were randomized to receive enalapril alone (n = 10 354) or enalapril combined with 0.8 mg folic acid (n = 10 348). As recommended by the data and safety monitoring board, the trial was terminat...
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - March 15, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research