In 2023, the burden of stroke accounted for approximately 157 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), ranking second among all non-communicable diseases globally. Although age-standardised ...

The American Stroke Association just released new stroke prevention guidelines. They include considering GLP-1 receptor agonists. Doctors applaud the new guidance. More than 795,000 people in the U.S.

It’s utterly simple. Stroke is a leading cause of death and long-term disability in the US, with heightened risk for low-income and marginalized groups. Outside of genetics, reducing these numbers ...

Each year in the U.S., over half a million people have a first stroke; however, up to 80% of strokes may be preventable. The new primary prevention of stroke guideline from the American Stroke ...

May is Stroke Awareness Month, and strokes continue to be a leading cause of disability and death, with nearly 800,000 strokes occurring annually in the U.S. alone. A large majority (80 percent) of ...

The recently published results of the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) trial [1] showed that high-dose statin therapy could significantly reduce the risk of ...

Stroke prevention efforts are moving into the community, with the opening of the first condition-focused active ageing centre in Singapore. Run by Stroke Support Station (S3), it will provide more ...

MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. The American ...

New guidelines from the AHA and ASA recommend GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for stroke prevention in patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease. They also highlight gender-specific risk ...

Erin Adelekun was 38 when she had a stroke, just nine days after giving birth to her daughter in 2020. It all started with a headache, which had been about a 2 on a scale of 1 to 10 when she was ...

OpEd: Just small investments in lifesaving training and practices could lessen Kentucky deaths from heart attacks and strokes.

Stroke is a life threatening medical emergency for which there are several modifiable risk factors. Individuals who want to reduce the likelihood of suffering a stroke may benefit from taking these ...