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Black and Hispanic patients were less likely to be treated for stroke complications than their white counterparts, particularly treatment of arousal, spasticity and mood, per data presented at the International Stroke Conference.

Elevated gluconic acid, a plasma metabolite, could be a potential race-specific indicator of hypertension and ischemic stroke among Black adults, according to a study presented at the International Stroke Conference.

Residents of “food swamp” communities, which have a higher prevalence of fast-food options than healthy options, may be at increased risk for incident stroke, according to research presented at the International Stroke Conference.

Recurrent stroke risk has declined over the past 2 decades, with women experiencing a twofold decline compared with men, according to preliminary research presented at the International Stroke Conference.

Black children on average undergo more family conflict, material hardship and traumatic events than white children, resulting in differences in gray matter volume in key brain regions and disorders such as PTSD, data show.

Long-term insertable cardiac monitoring for atrial fibrillation among patients with ischemic stroke of atherosclerotic origin improved AF detection 10-fold compared with standard of care, a speaker reported.

Infective endocarditis-related stroke was increasingly associated with IV drug use and fewer traditional risk factors such as diabetes and hypertension, a trend researchers attributed to recent demographics of the opioid epidemic.

Dosing has begun in participants enrolled in a phase 1a clinical trial of OLX-07010, an oral small molecule inhibitor of tau self-association for Alzheimer’s disease, manufacturer Oligomerix announced in a press release.

Athira Pharma Inc. revealed its list of planned clinical trials for 2023, which include development of therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and ALS.

In the United States, there were more than 600 excess deaths among physicians from March 2020 to December 2021, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.