Review questions surgical infection prevention … Cognitive frailty tied to stiff arteries … Disparities play a part in stroke care … Palliative psychiatry could help people with mental illness …...
Heart attack, stroke in older patients twice as likely within 2 weeks of mild flu
By
Kristen Fischer
Feb 14, 2024
People over the age of 50 who have mild flu and few risk factors still are at double the risk of heart attack and ischemic stroke in the two weeks following infection — and that risk quadruples in people...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Feb. 8
By
Kristen Fischer
Feb 08, 2024
Phase II results looks good for flu antiviral onradivir … Health workers: Watch COVID patients for Parkinson’s symptoms … Access to pulmonary rehab tough for people with COPD … Survival rate for...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Feb. 5
By
Kristen Fischer
Feb 05, 2024
Dementia was rare in ancient times … 4 US sites join Parkinson’s disease genetics study… Risvodetinib phase 1 results for Parkinson’s promising … Disparities have a say in stroke recovery …...
Clinical briefs for Friday, Feb. 2
By
Kristen Fischer
Feb 02, 2024
Dementia therapy prioritizes personal goals, caregiver involvement … Tenecteplase may be safer, more effective for clot-based stroke than alteplase … Scientists eye fixing synapses for Alzheimer’s...
Stroke makes dementia risk about 3 times higher within first year, data show
By
Kristen Fischer
Feb 02, 2024
People who have a stroke may have a higher risk for developing dementia. In fact, the risk for dementia was the highest in the first year post-stroke and stayed high in the subsequent 20 years.
Almost 30% of people had mental health problems after loved ones survived stroke, report finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Dec 20, 2023
Caregivers of people who experience a severe stroke experience high levels of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress in the first year after the patient leaves the hospital, a new study finds.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Nov. 17
By
Kristen Fischer
Nov 17, 2023
Lab-made blood vessels may help treat stroke, dementia … About 1 in 2 Americans think they’ll get sick from a hospital … Smaller hippocampus could indicate cognitive problems … Heart PET scans...
Researchers found that getting COVID-19 and flu shots together — or just getting the high-dose or adjuvanted flu shot alone — can slightly raise the risk for strokes, according to government health...
Increased death, disability, dementia linked to poststroke seizures
By
Kristen Fischer
Sep 26, 2023
When a person has a seizure after a stroke — something known as a poststroke seizure, or PSS — it’s linked to a higher risk for poorer outcomes, disability, dementia and death, according to a new...