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Trying to Avoid a Second Stroke? Blood Pressure Control Is Key
MONDAY, July 29, 2019 -- If you ' ve already had one stroke, your risk for another is much higher. But new research found that well-controlled blood pressure can reduce that risk by about 20%.
The study authors suggested maintaining a blood pressure...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - July 29, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
AHA News: Study Finds Racial Gap in Who Gets Critical Stroke Treatments
THURSDAY, Aug. 1, 2019 (American Heart Association News) -- Black and Hispanic people having a stroke are less likely than their white counterparts to get treatments proven to reduce death and improve quality of life, new research shows.
For...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 1, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
AHA News: Younger Stroke Survivors More At Risk For Anxiety
TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2019 (American Heart Association News) -- Anxiety is more than twice as common in younger stroke survivors, especially those who show symptoms of depression, than in older patients, according to a new study that recommends routine...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 13, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
AHA News: Rising Blood Pressure Puts Women At Greater Stroke Risk Than Men
TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2019 (American Heart Association News) -- As the severity of high blood pressure rises, the risk of stroke rises almost twice as quickly in women compared with men, according to a new study.
Published Tuesday in the Journal of the...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 13, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
AHA News: Age Could Be Key to Women ' s Worse Quality of Life Post-Stroke
THURSDAY, Aug. 15, 2019 (American Heart Association News) -- After a stroke, women are known to have a worse health-related quality of life than men, both in the short term and long term. Now a study gives some insight into why, and what can be done...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 15, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Going Vegetarian Good for Your Heart, But May Up Stroke Risk
THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2019 -- Vegetarianism is all the rage these days, but a new study suggests that slicing meat from your diet might raise your risk of stroke slightly.
While vegetarians had a 22% lower risk for heart disease, they had a 20% higher...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 5, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
AHA News: Now a 2-Time Survivor, Tedy Bruschi Still Tackling Stroke Awareness
THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2019 (American Heart Association News) -- Former NFL star Tedy Bruschi spent the last 14 years showing what a stroke survivor could do: continue playing pro football, climb Mount Kilimanjaro, run the Boston Marathon.
Now Bruschi...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 5, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Having HIV May Heighten Stroke Risk
MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2019 -- People with HIV have a greatly increased risk of a common heart rhythm disorder that ' s a leading cause of stroke, a new study shows.
The increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) from HIV is similar to or higher than known...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 9, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
AHA News: She Had a Stroke at 21; So Did Her Co-worker
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2019 (American Heart Association News) -- While in the hospital recovering from a stroke, 21-year-old Alex Leary was trying to make sense of what happened when she got a text message from a co-worker she barely knew.
Vicky King...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 11, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Health Tip: Controllable Stroke Risk Factors
-- More than 750,000 people have a stroke each year in the United States, says Cleveland Clinic. But as many as half of all strokes are preventable, the clinic says.
Risk factors that are under all or partial control include:
High blood...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 20, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
AHA News: Why Aren ' t More Stroke Survivors Getting Statins?
THURSDAY, Sept. 26, 2019 (American Heart Association News) -- People with a history of stroke are less likely than those with heart disease to get cholesterol-lowering statin drugs despite the benefits, a new study has found.
Statins help protect...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 26, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Walking Pace May Signal If Stroke Patients Can Return to Work
THURSDAY, Sept. 26, 2019 -- Walking speed may indicate whether young stroke survivors are ready to return to work, a new study suggests.
And 3 feet per second may be the threshold that predicts whether they can meet a workday ' s challenges, the...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 26, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
PTSD Linked to Increased Risk of Stroke in Younger Adults
THURSDAY, Oct. 17, 2019 -- Young and middle-aged adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have an increased risk of stroke, new research suggests.
For the study, researchers analyzed medical data from more than 1 million veterans who...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - October 17, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
AHA News: Stroke Death Rate Increasing for Middle-Aged Americans
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2019 (American Heart Association News) -- In more than half of all counties across the country, a growing percentage of middle-aged Americans are dying of strokes, according to a new study.
The study– which examined stroke...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 7, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Frequent Pot Smokers Face Twice the Odds for Stroke
MONDAY, Nov. 11, 2019 -- Smoking pot doesn ' t do your heart or your brain any favors, a pair of new studies shows.
Frequent pot smokers are more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke compared with those who don ' t partake, the first study...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 11, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
