Stroke/Vascular Neurology News

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The Kessler Foundation received multiple grants from the New Jersey Health Foundation for research projects that aim to improve cognition and mobility in patients with neurological disabilities, the foundation announced in a press release.

Data from a global BP screening program show adults with a history of stroke were more than twice as likely to have hypertension, with one-third of those having untreated or inadequately treated BP, researchers reported.

Women with a history of endometriosis had elevated risk for stroke compared with women without a history of endometriosis, with a greater risk for women who underwent hysterectomy or oophorectomy, researchers reported.

Maintaining optimal CV health by following the American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7 protected people from stroke, even among those at high genetic risk, data from a long-term analysis show.

Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease had an increased risk for dementia, with stronger risk existing for those with comorbid heart disease or stroke, according to a study published in Neurology.

Influenza-like illness conferred increased odds of 30-day stroke in young patients, but vaccination was associated with lower risk compared with non-vaccination, according to data published in Stroke.

Biopharmaceutical company DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc. announced that the FDA placed a clinical hold on its phase 2/3 ReMEDy2 trial of a synthetic protein therapy for treatment of acute ischemic stroke.

Postmenopausal women had a greater burden of white matter hyperintensity — or WMH — compared with men and premenopausal women, as well as a faster increase in WMH, according to a cross-sectional analysis of the Rhineland Study.

Oral contraceptive use and hormone therapy were associated with an increased risk for stroke, according to study findings published in Stroke.