Two days after federal officials pressed pause on Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, health and public policy leaders predicted it will return to use — but not without causing ongoing concern among key long-term care stakeholders.
One thing I’ve learned in my mostly unsuccessful lifelong quest to get enough sleep is that nothing helps more than feeling under pressure to do so. So learning in McKnight’s that extra sleep reduced healthcare workers’ risk of getting COVID-19 was just the incentive I needed. Actually, not. Medical research over the past decade or…
A notable disparity in long-term death rates after ischemic stroke suggests that clinicians may need to take a closer look at the post-stroke recovery period — especially during the first year, researchers say.
Symptomless heart attacks may pose the same risk of stroke as a chest-crushing event, and are more common in people 65 and older, according to a new study to be presented at the upcoming American Stroke Association’s annual conference.
Stroke patients have 50% greater odds of becoming depressed than people who have had a heart attack — especially if they are women, two new studies find.
Eating oily fish at least twice a week may help prevent major cardiovascular disease and death in individuals who are at high risk, including those who already have experienced heart disease or stroke, according to investigators.
“I didn’t expect the numbers to be so dismal,” says the author of a study of stroke survivors from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
Patients who take common antidepressants are not at increased risk of intracerebral hemorrhage, a deadly type of bleeding stroke, a new study has found.
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