WAVY-TV |
Drinking more than 4 times a day increases risk of stroke, study says
WAVY-TV The review found people who drank one or two alcoholic drinks a day reduced their chances of getting a stroke by eight percent. Those who had more drinks than that increased their risk of stroke. People who drank more than four times a day were 14 … |
The Straits Times |
Struck by a stroke at 24
The Straits Times A 36-year-old Singaporean businesswoman’s recent death from a stroke while on a business trip in Hong Kong has shone the spotlight on a condition that strikes mostly older people. The median age of stroke patients admitted to public hospitals in … |
Daily Journal Online |
Generation X at greater risk of stroke than baby boomers Science Daily “The incidence of stroke has decreased significantly overall since 1950, due to the advancement of medicine,” said Joel N. Swerdel, MS, MPH, lead author of the study conducted at the Cardiovascular Institute of New Jersey (CVI) at Rutgers Robert Wood … Strokes Decline in Older Americans, Rise in ... |
The Indian Express |
Novel drug to limit, repair brain damage in stroke patients The Indian Express Researchers have discovered a new drug that can potentially reduce the number of brain cells destroyed by stroke as well as help in repairing the damage done. Stroke — caused by a reduction in blood flow to the brain — is a major cause of death as ... |
The Sun |
Strokes Decline in Older Americans, Rise in Young WebMD 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) — There’s a new generation gap in the United States — strokes are increasingly striking young people, and at the same time, stroke rates are dropping in those 55 and older, a new study reports. “People born during what I … Stroke Rates Increasing in Under 50s |