Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN March 29, 2022 Antidopaminergic antiemetics (ADAs) that are widely used for nausea and vomiting, including that related to chemotherapy, have been associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke in a new study from France. The authors found that ADA users could be at a threefold increased risk of stroke shortly after the...
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Stroke risk among older adults highest in first 3 days after COVID-19 diagnosis
by American Heart Association Transmission electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerging from human cells. Credit: NIAID The risk of stroke among older adults diagnosed with COVID-19 was highest within the first three days of diagnosis, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2022. “Stroke following...
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Menopause before 40 tied to higher stroke risk
by Thor Christensen Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Early menopause could mean an increased risk of stroke caused by blocked blood vessels, according to a new study. Yet for each year of menopause delay, stroke risk fell by 2%. Stroke is the second-leading cause of death worldwide, and women have a 4% higher lifetime stroke risk than men....
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Obsessive compulsive disorder linked to increased ischemic stroke risk later in life
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, May 27, 2021 — Adults who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were more than three times as likely to have an ischemic stroke later in life compared to adults who do not have OCD, according to new research published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of...
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Wearable devices show that physical activity may lower atrial fibrillation and stroke risk
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL BOSTON – Physical activity that conforms to medical and health association guidelines is associated with a lower risk of atrial fibrillation (Afib) and stroke, according to a study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), who analyzed nearly 100,000 individuals equipped with wrist-worn accelerometers to measure their movement. The researchers’ findings suggest that data from...
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Newer blood thinner plus aspirin reduced stroke risk by 27% in patients with heart plaque
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, Nov. 16, 2020 — Patients with plaque build-up in their arteries, who suffered a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or a minor ischemic stroke, also called a warning stroke, and were treated with the newer blood thinner ticagrelor plus aspirin were 27% less likely to have another stroke within 30 days, according...
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Gum disease, inflammation, hardened arteries may be linked to stroke risk
by American Heart Association Gum disease was associated with a higher rate of strokes caused by hardening of large arteries in the brain and also with severe artery blockages that haven’t yet caused symptoms, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2020—Feb. 19-21 in Los Angeles, a...
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