How oral health may affect your heart, brain and risk of death
Mar 19, 2021
Dental cavities may significantly increase the risk of a life-threatening bleeding stroke in the brain, according to new research.
Prevention
Study links green communities to lower stroke risk
Mar 17, 2021
Neighborhoods with more trees and other greenery had lower rates of stroke, researchers found. The findings add to evidence that neighborhoods matter to health.
Young adults have strokes for the same reason as older adults
Mar 16, 2021
Stroke among young adults may be increasing. Some common risk factors that cause strokes in older adults have increased in younger adults in recent years, new research shows.
Primary care doctors can help preserve brain health
Mar 15, 2021
Assessing adults for six heart risk factors and encouraging them to follow seven healthy behaviors would help primary care doctors preserve their patients' brain health, according to a new report.
RÁPIDO – a new Spanish acronym to raise stroke awareness
Mar 12, 2021
Health specialists have developed a new acronym to raise awareness in the Hispanic community about stroke symptoms. Known as RÁPIDO, it aims to replicate the English acronym FAST.
Voucher program makes healthy eating easier for food-insecure people
Mar 9, 2021
A San Francisco program, which gives individuals and families vouchers for six months of free fruits and vegetables, works to increase nutrition and combat chronic diseases.
How science evolved its views on women's health
Mar 8, 2021
It might seem obvious now, but medical research hasn't always emphasized differences between men and women.
Opioid-induced cardiac arrests are focus of new report
Mar 8, 2021
When the heart suddenly stops because of opioid overdose, it can differ from other kinds of cardiac arrest and is a major cause of death, according to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.
Why did Yankees manager get a pacemaker, and how does it work?
Mar 4, 2021
Understanding the device now regulating the heart of New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, and thousands of other heart patients.
Heart and stroke risk factors inadequately treated in Hispanic stroke survivors
Mar 4, 2021
Hispanic adults who have had a stroke or mini-stroke are often aware of their heart and stroke risk factors but don't get adequate treatment or support to control them, new research shows.