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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010Source: MedWire News
The INTERSTROKE study has identified 10 risk factors that account for 90% of the risk for stroke worldwide.
The risk factors were similar to the nine identified for myocardial infarction (MI) in the INTERHEART study, and most were modifiable.
“Targeted interventions that reduce blood pressure and smoking, and promote physical activity and a healthy diet, [...]
Hormone Replacement Therapy Patches May Be Safer Than Tablets
Friday, June 4th, 2010The UK’s Daily Mail (6/4, Hope) reports that “HRT patches may be safer than tablets, say researchers” in the British Medical Journal.
The UK’s Press Association (6/4) reports that researchers found that “patches containing a low dose of the hormones oestrogen or progesterone, or both, carry less risk of stroke than [...]
Early dual antiplatelet therapy cuts microemboli risk after cerebral stenosis
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010Source: MedWire News
Early combination antiplatelet therapy results in fewer microemboli relative to aspirin monotherapy in patients with symptomatic cerebral or carotid artery stenosis, show results of the CLAIR study.
“Clinical trials are now warranted to investigate whether this combination treatment also results in a reduction in stroke incidence,” write the CLAIR (Clopidogrel plus aspirin versus aspirin [...]
Antidepressants, Mood Stabilizers Might Help People Recover From Stroke.
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010HealthDay (4/12, Dotinga) reported that “antidepressants and mood stabilizers might help people recover from stroke,” according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. These medications “have been linked in rodents to a growth of brand-new neurons — a change in the nervous system that reduced [...]
Measuring BP variability could improve stroke risk prediction
Monday, March 15th, 2010Source: MedWire News
Visit-to-visit variability in blood pressure (BP) is a powerful predictor of people’s stroke risk, and may help to guide antihypertensive prescribing, shows research.
“Guidelines regard visit-to-visit variability in BP as noise that has to be purged from the diagnostic process,” says Peter Rothwell (John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK) in a review in The Lancet.
Estimation of [...]
Secondary prevention adherence falls rapidly after stroke
Monday, January 18th, 2010Source: MedWire News
Many patients stop taking secondary prevention drugs within just 2 years after suffering a stroke, show results from a large Swedish study.
“To prevent new cardiovascular events after stroke, preventive drugs should be used continuously,” said lead researcher Eva-Lotta Glader (Umeå University Hospital, Sweden). “Yet the proportion of patients who were persistent users of [...]
Statins may reduce stroke risk.
Friday, January 15th, 2010Source: DIA Daily
HealthDay (1/14, Edelson) reported that statins may reduce the risk of stroke, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Investigators looked at “data from clinical trials including almost 267,000 participants.” The research “showed an overall 12 percent reduction in stroke incidence among [...]
Rosuvastatin demonstrates efficacy in primary stroke prevention
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Source: MedWire News
Rosuvastatin treatment halves the incidence of ischemic stroke in people with normal lipid levels but elevated levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a subanalysis of the JUPITER trial reveals.
This represents the first primary prevention trial of statin therapy to demonstrate a substantial reduction in stroke risk, with the benefit of rosuvastatin therapy observed across [...]
Osteoporosis and low BMD are risk factors for stroke, death
Monday, December 7th, 2009Source: MedWireNews
Low bone mineral density (BMD) and osteoporosis are independent risk factors for stroke and death, a large cohort study has found.
In view of the impact of cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis on morbidity and mortality, “this relationship is of high interest for further studies,” say Anna Nordström (Umeå University, Sweden) and fellow investigators in the [...]
High Salt Intake Directly Linked to Stroke and Cardiovascular Disease
Monday, November 30th, 2009Source: ScienceDaily
High salt intake is associated with significantly greater risk of both stroke and cardiovascular disease, concludes a study published on the British Medical Journalwebsite.
The link between high salt intake and high blood pressure is well established, and it has been suggested that a population-wide reduction in dietary salt intake has the potential to substantially reduce [...]
