Stroke News & Brain Health - American Heart Association

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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, a condition caused by the buildup of amyloid (proteins) in brain blood vessels, was associated with increased risk of developing dementia within 5 years, in a study of nearly 2 million adults in the...

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Stroke survivors who felt they could not talk about their feelings or fears about their health with close friends or family reported feeling lonelier and had worse physical and mental recovery when assessed one year after the...

Research Highlights: A smartwatch used a machine learning algorithm to detect social interactions through sounds in the environment. This technology was able to measure how much social interaction occurred among stroke survivors in the hospital. ...

Research Highlights: Adults who had a dissecting aneurysm in the neck artery wall (a cervical artery dissection or CeAD) did not have a higher risk of stroke compared to those with cervical artery dissection without a dissecting aneurysm in the first ...

Research Highlights: A new risk prediction tool was able to accurately identify stroke survivors with the highest risk for developing dementia within a decade of having a stroke, according to a large study in Canada. Factors linked with a higher risk ...

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Based on an analysis of a decade of hospital stroke registry data, people who had brain bleeds were more likely to die in the hospital if they were taking multiple antiplatelet medications, or medications stronger than aspirin,...

Research Highlights: A study of over 200 adults followed for five years found that greater white matter damage in the brain was linked to decreased driving, fewer trips, repetitive routes and having more driving errors, especially in those who later ...

Puntos destacados de la investigación: Cuando se los evalúo un año después de haber sufrido un ataque o derrame cerebral, los supervivientes, quienes pensaban que no podían hablar de sus sentimientos o de lo que les daba miedo respecto de su salud con ...

Puntos destacados de la investigación: Según un análisis de una gran base de datos nacional de registros médicos electrónicos, las sobrevivientes de ataques o derrames cerebrales tuvieron más del doble de probabilidades de sufrir otro ataque o derrame ...

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Gracias a un estudio realizado a más de 200 adultos durante cinco años, se descubrió que el mayor daño de la materia blanca del cerebro estaba relacionado con la disminución del tiempo al volante, una menor...