Heart-rending cases like that of Steven Spence — a 68-year-old man who suffered a second stroke in his home only hours after being treated for his first one in a hospital — underscore the urgent need ...

Even larger effects were seen for hemorrhagic stroke with a relative reduction of 30%. HealthDay News — Salt substitution is safe and reduces the risk for stroke recurrence and death among patients ...

Early dual antiplatelet therapy shows superior efficacy in reducing stroke recurrence compared with aspirin monotherapy.

Newly identified clinical, neuroimaging, and echocardiographic factors may help fine-tune prediction of the risk for recurrence in patients having a stroke related to atrial fibrillation (AF).

The weight-loss drug Ozempic can help reduce stroke patients' risk of a heart attack or death, a new study says. GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic or SGLT2 diabetes medications like Jardiance or ...

Following the largest historical cohort study ever conducted in Brazil, which suggested a link between Chagas disease and ischemic stroke, researchers from the Federal Fluminense University have ...

People who experience an arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) or transient ischemic stroke (TIA) are at an increased risk of suffering a second stroke or other major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE), ...

A total of 3353 recurrent cases were identified from a cohort of 56,642 women with a first-time stroke and were matched with 3353 controls. HealthDay News — For women with a history of ischemic stroke ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High-intensity statin therapy may increase bleeding risk after minor stroke. Statin dose, moderate or high, did ...

Introduction: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major risk factor for ischemic stroke (IS). Its diagnosis can be challenging, ...

Nearly half of all patients with hemorrhagic stroke also experience headache across its acute and chronic phases that could ...

Additionally, during more than 5 years of follow-up, risk for stroke-related death also reduced. (HealthDay News) — Salt substitution is safe and reduces the risk for stroke recurrence and death among ...