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AHA News: During a Stroke, Her Doctor Son Got Her Quick Care, Then Her Granddaughter Penned a Story
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 (American Heart Association News) – Rekha Desai planned to play Legos and blocks with her 2-year-old grandson, Kaveh, as she watched him in his Atlanta home. But Rekha never...
Incidence of Ischemic Stroke in Seniors Not Reduced by Low-Dose Aspirin
FRIDAY, July 28, 2023 – For healthy older adults, low-dose aspirin does not reduce the risk for ischemic stroke but is associated with an increased risk for intracranial bleeding, according to a...
Why Black People May Be More Prone to Severe Stroke
FRIDAY, July 28, 2023 – Black people tend to be more vulnerable to suffering severe strokes, but scientists have long struggled to figure out why. Until now: New research suggests it may boil down...
AHA News: While Tending to Her Grandmother After a Stroke, She Had One Herself
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (American Heart Association News) – Late one evening, Dawn Berry took a call from her grandmother's nursing home. Her grandmother had been found unresponsive in bed. What...
Daily Baby Aspirin Raises Odds for Brain Bleeds, With No Lowering of Stroke Risk
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 – For years, older adults took a baby aspirin a day to help ward off a first-time heart attack or stroke. Now yet another study is showing the risks are not worth it for...
Women With LVO Acute Ischemic Stroke Less Likely to Be Routed to Stroke Centers
WEDNESDAY, July 26, 2023 – Women with large vessel occlusion (LVO) acute ischemic stroke (AIS) are less likely to be routed to comprehensive stroke centers (CSCs) compared with men, despite...
AHA News: How a Neurologist Keeps His Brain Healthy – And What He Wants to Do Better
WEDNESDAY, July 26, 2023 (American Heart Association News) – Few people know more about stroke prevention and brain health than neurologist and epidemiologist Dr. Bruce Ovbiagele. And one of the...
New Report Measures Scope of Damage From Medical Mistakes
THURSDAY, July 20, 2023 – About 795,000 Americans die or are permanently disabled every year due to misdiagnosed medical conditions. A new analysis led by experts at Johns Hopkins Medicine in...
AHA News: Hmong Americans May Have Strokes at Much Younger Ages
WEDNESDAY, July 19, 2023 (American Heart Association News) – Hmong American adults who have a stroke tend to be much younger than their white counterparts and may be more likely to have a less...
Women With Severe Stroke Less Likely Than Men to Be Sent to Stroke Centers
WEDNESDAY, July 19, 2023 – Despite worse symptoms and living about the same distance from comprehensive stroke centers, women with a severe type of stroke are less likely to be sent to these...
AHA News: Woman Survives Stroke in 2 Parts of the Brain at Age 29
WEDNESDAY, July 19, 2023 (American Heart Association News) – After a night of partying, 29-year-old Bethany Moeddel felt nauseous and had a headache. A hangover, she figured. She couldn't sleep it...
Redlining May Raise Heart Failure Risk Among Black Americans
TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 – In areas where Black Americans have been historically affected by discriminatory housing practices, there is higher heart failure risk, according to new research....
AHA News: Woman's Heart Conditions Took Her From Dancing to Despair – Then a New Direction
MONDAY, July 17, 2023 (American Heart Association News) – At 32, Allison Graff saw her life as a treasure. She loved her job in Florida. She owned her own home. She discovered the delights of...
MRI May Be Preferred to CT With CT Angiography Alone for Dizziness in ED
THURSDAY, July 13, 2023 – For patients presenting to the emergency department with dizziness, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be preferred to computed tomography (CT) with CT angiography (CTA)...
Preeclampsia in Pregnancy Puts Black Women at Higher Odds for Stroke
TUESDAY, July 11, 2023 – While preeclampsia and stroke during pregnancy are far more common in Black women in the United States, almost all study of links between these two conditions has been done...
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