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Published on May 2, 2024
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have discovered that a known network of inflammatory molecules could be used as biomarkers to calculate a person’s risk of developing cerebral small vessel disease, a common cause of stroke and cognitive decline. In current clinical practice, the only way to…
Published on March 28, 2024
Brain blood vessel damage that increases the risk of stroke and dementia is common in people with a range of heart conditions, regardless of whether they have experienced a stroke, a new study shows. The team’s findings could help in choosing appropriate treatments for these patients, said lead author Zien…
Published on March 14, 2024
An international team of researchers, led by the Medical University of Vienna and the University Hospital of Würzburg has uncovered crucial insights into the underlying mechanisms of atherosclerosis. Arterial blockage stemming from atherosclerosis remains a leading cause of heart attacks and strokes worldwide, revealing an urgent need for breakthroughs in…
Published on March 5, 2024
Research lead by a team from Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany has shown that coronary artery calcium scoring with CT can identify patients identify which patients are at a very low risk of heart attack or stroke. The findings may one day help patients with stable chest pain, but a low risk…
Published on February 9, 2024
A study conducted by Chinese researchers has found that ischemic stroke survivors who received AI-based stroke care guidance had fewer recurrent strokes, heart attacks, or vascular death within three months, compared with people whose treatment was not guided by AI. The study abstract was presented yesterday at the American Stroke…
Published on January 26, 2024
Researchers at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) have found in a mouse study that the application of low-dose ionizing radiation (LDIR) such as X-ray radiation can reduce lesion size and reverse motor deficits in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and ischemic stroke. The method, reported in the journal Brain,…
Published on September 29, 2023
SARS-CoV-2 increases the risk of heart attack and stroke by causing fatty plaque in cardiac arteries to become highly inflamed, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings, published in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research, may help explain why certain people who get COVID-19 have a greater chance of developing…
Published on August 29, 2023
A new drug could become the first treatment for Lipoprotein(a), a form of cholesterol that increases the risk of heart attack and stroke, as announced this week at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Amsterdam and published in JAMA. The Phase I study included 114 patients, and the lead investigator was…
Published on August 25, 2023
Middle-aged adults with three or more unhealthy traits, including slightly high waist circumference, or high blood pressure, cholesterol or glucose have heart attacks and strokes two years earlier on average than their peers, according to research presented today at this year’s European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress. “Many people in…
Published on August 4, 2023
A new study shows that though the risk of stroke varies significantly between Black adults and non-Black adults, intensive medical intervention can impact some of the risk factors that increase the risk of recurrence of this condition. With the intensive intervention, significant differences in important risk factors (physical activity and diastolic…
Published on July 24, 2023
Investigators from the University of Utah (U of U)Health, reporting in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, say that more severe strokes among Black Americans may be due to a specific gene variant. In their research using mouse models, the U of U Health teams showed that mice carrying the gene…
Published on July 21, 2023
University of Birmingham, England, researchers have launched a new study that will seek to develop a saliva-based early diagnostic for stroke. The research will build off past findings by Antonio Belli, MD, professor of Trauma Neurosurgery at the University of Birmingham’s Institute of Inflammation & Ageing, which could eventually dramatically…
Published on June 21, 2023
Research led by the University of California, Los Angeles, suggests electrical brain stimulation could help treat patients with acute ischemic stroke. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, showed that high-definition cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (HD C-tDCS) has the potential to help treat this kind of stroke and also…
Published on May 24, 2023
Two cheap, safe, and already approved drugs could help treat lacunar stroke—a leading cause of dementia. A study led by the Universities of Edinburgh and Nottingham and the U.K. Dementia Research Institute, found that isosorbide mononitrate and cilostazol, which are currently used to treat other heart and circulatory diseases, can…
Published on February 6, 2023
Preliminary findings of a longitudinal study aimed at better understanding geographic and ethnic differences in stroke incidence, which began enrolling patients 20 years ago, has identified a metabolite biomarker called gluconic acid. The biomarker is associated with high blood pressure, increased risk of ischemic stroke, eating a Southern diet, lower…