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This American Stroke Month, we're exploring a growing trend: more people under 45 are having strokes. We talk to Dr. Karin Olds, stroke director for Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute, ...

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A new study suggests that a large number of dementia cases in the U.S. could be prevented by reducing certain health problems ...

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Indians tend to develop heart disease at a younger age and at lower body weights compared with Western populations. Hence, ...

A new risk calculator accurately identified participants who had calcium buildup in their heart arteries and those who had a higher future heart attack risk, in an analysis of about 7,000 adults in ...

Oral hygiene is often neglected when it comes to stroke, but it’s low-hanging fruit than can aid in primary prevention.

Objective To evaluate the frequency of and risk factors for stroke as a presenting feature in adult patients with secundum atrial septal defect (ASD); rates of post-closure atrial fibrillation (AF) ...

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There is significant risk for subsequent stroke in patients hospitalized for acute exacerbation of COPD with atrial fibrillation.