Poll indicates many people who take daily aspirin may not need to

A new poll of older adults suggests some who take aspirin daily may be following outdated advice, researchers say.

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
March 8, 2024 ~6 min

Eating too much protein can be bad for you heart

"Not getting enough dietary protein is bad for health, but too much might also carry adverse health effects..."

Eric Slusher-U. Missouri • futurity
March 1, 2024 ~5 min


Faster brain bleed treatment boosts survival odds

"...experts have been wondering if earlier timing was better. This paper, for the first time, demonstrates that it is."

Yale • futurity
Feb. 16, 2024 ~7 min

Too much or too little sleep tied to risky changes in the brain

"These findings add to the mounting evidence that sleep is a prime pillar of brain health."

Yale • futurity
Feb. 5, 2024 ~6 min

3 things women should know about stroke risk

A researcher who has studied women and stroke for over a decade shares three crucial risk factors that every woman should know.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Feb. 2, 2024 ~7 min

Black patients are less likely to get go-to stroke treatment

Black patients are significantly less likely to receive the gold standard of care after having a stroke, researchers report.

Leigh Beeson-U. Georgia • futurity
Dec. 14, 2023 ~5 min

Don’t need high cholesterol to benefit from statins

New studies provide additional context to debate about whether there are benefits to initiating statin use in people who don’t already have high cholesterol or cardiovascular disease.

Miles Martin • harvard
Dec. 6, 2023 ~5 min

Scorecard reveals risk of dementia, stroke

Researchers develop 12-step list to gauge how modifiable behaviors — physical, lifestyle, and social — affect stroke, dementia risk.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Dec. 1, 2023 ~5 min


Team finds new culprit behind brain hemorrhage formation

A discovery that deepens understanding of microbleeds in the brain clarifies how they occur and may lead to new therapeutic targets.

Pat Harriman-UC Irvine • futurity
Nov. 21, 2023 ~4 min

Lab-grown ‘small blood vessels’ point to potential treatment for major cause of stroke and vascular dementia

Cambridge scientists have grown small blood vessel-like models in the lab and used them to show how damage to the scaffolding that supports these vessels can

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 16, 2023 ~4 min

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