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May 20, 2025

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Language Isn't Just for Communication -- It Also Shapes How Sensory Experiences Are Stored in the Brain

May 20, 2025 — Our ability to store information about familiar objects depends on the connection between visual and language processing regions in the brain, according to a new ...

People With Critical Cardiovascular Disease May Benefit from Palliative Care

May 15, 2025 — Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on easing symptoms, addressing psychological and spiritual needs, and helping patients and caregivers make critical decisions aligned with their ...

New Insights Into the Energy Balance of Brain Neurons

May 14, 2025 — A research team has demonstrated how the energy levels of individual neurons in the brain change during so-called spreading depolarizations -- waves of activity that occur in various brain disorders. The findings provide important foundations for ...

Could a Mini-Stroke Leave Lasting Fatigue?

May 14, 2025 — A transient ischemic attack, also known as a mini-stroke, is typically defined as a temporary blockage of blood flow to the brain that causes symptoms that go away within a day, but a new study finds that people who have this type of stroke may also ...

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Shingles Vaccine Lowers the Risk of Heart Disease for Up to Eight Years

May 5, 2025 — People who are given a vaccine for shingles have a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular events, including stroke, heart failure, and coronary heart disease, according to a recent study of more than a ...

Nontraditional Risk Factors Shed Light on Unexplained Strokes in Adults Younger Than 50

Apr. 17, 2025 — Among adults ages 18-49 (median age of 41 years) who were born with a hole in the upper chambers of their heart known as patent foramen ovale (PFO), ...

Sleep Matters: Duration, Timing, Quality and More May Affect Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Apr. 14, 2025 — Healthy sleep includes multiple components, such as number of hours of sleep per night, how long it takes to fall asleep, daytime functioning and ...

More People Now Die at Home After Stroke Than in Medical Facilities

Apr. 9, 2025 — A new analysis finds a significant uptick in the number of people dying at home due to ischemic stroke compared to inpatient medical facilities, and when not at home, individuals in rural communities ...

Key Brain Networks Behind Post-Stroke Urinary Incontinence Identified

Apr. 10, 2025 — A new study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) reveals the neural mechanisms that contribute to urinary incontinence, a common condition affecting stroke survivors that has a ...

Global Study Establishes Long-Term Risk of Stroke

Apr. 3, 2025 — A global study establishes long-term risk of stroke. Findings shows one in five people who experience a minor stroke or TIA will have another stroke within 10 ...

17 Modifiable Risk Factors Shared by Stroke, Dementia, and Late-Life Depression

Apr. 3, 2025 — In a new extensive systematic review, researchers identified 17 modifiable risk factors that are shared by stroke, dementia, and late-life ...

Study Finds Nearly Five-Fold Increase in Hospitalizations for Common Cause of Stroke

Apr. 2, 2025 — Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery in the neck that provides blood flow to the brain. Such a tear can result in blood clots that cause ...

Highly Educated People Face Steeper Mental Declines After Stroke

Mar. 26, 2025 — Stroke survivors who have attended some level of higher education may face even steeper mental declines, according to a study. The findings suggest that attending higher education may enable people ...

AI-Powered Mammograms: A New Window Into Heart Health

Mar. 20, 2025 — Mammograms, with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) models, may reveal much more than cancer, according to a new study. The findings highlight how these important cancer screening tools can ...

Stroke Deaths and Their Racial Disparities Increased Over Last 20 Years

Apr. 9, 2025 — Over the last two decades, ischemic stroke mortality rates in the U.S. have grown, with almost 3 in 10 deaths occurring at home, and increases particularly among racial minorities and rural ...

Stroke Rehabilitation Drug Repairs Brain Damage

Mar. 18, 2025 — A new study has discovered what researchers say is the first drug to fully reproduce the effects of physical stroke rehabilitation in model mice, following from human ...

Cannabis Users Face Substantially Higher Risk of Heart Attack

Mar. 18, 2025 — Marijuana is now legal in many places, but is it safe? Two new studies add to mounting evidence that people who use cannabis are more likely to suffer a heart attack than people who do not use the ...

Stressed Out? It May Increase the Risk of Stroke

Mar. 5, 2025 — Some people living with chronic stress have a higher risk of stroke, according to a new study. The study looked at younger adults and found an association between stress and stroke, with no known ...

Real Time Monitoring of Stroke Using Light and Sound

Mar. 5, 2025 — Researchers have successfully observed early vascular changes in stroke using an innovative photoacoustic ...

Best Approach for Stroke in Medium-Sized Blood Vessels

Feb. 6, 2025 — Researchers continue to advance the science to determine best treatments for stroke. Based on an international study of 530 patients, researchers discovered that while the clot retrieval procedure ...

Propranolol May Reduce Ischemic Stroke Risk in Women With Migraines

Jan. 30, 2025 — Propranolol, a beta blocker medication used for treating high blood pressure and preventing migraines, may lower ischemic stroke risk in women who experience migraines ...

Blood Test May Detect Stroke Type Before Hospital Arrival, Allowing Faster Treatment

Jan. 30, 2025 — People with brain bleeds had nearly 7 times higher blood levels of a specific brain protein, called glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), than those who had strokes caused by clots in a study ...

Changing Therapy Practice to Add Higher-Intensity Walking Improves Early Stroke Recovery

Jan. 30, 2025 — By integrating 30 minutes a day of progressive walking exercise into standard stroke rehabilitation (30 to 60 minutes of physical therapy five days a week) stroke patients had a measurable improved ...

ECG Tests May Someday Be Used by AI Model to Detect Premature Aging and Cognitive Decline

Jan. 30, 2025 — An artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to predict a person's biological age (age of body cells and tissues) based on electrocardiogram (ECG) data found a strong association between ...

Stroke Warning Sign Acronyms Drive 911 Calls, F.A.S.T. Leads in Symptom Recall for Public

Jan. 30, 2025 — Both F.A.S.T. and BE-FAST acronyms motivated people to call 911 right away for a possible stroke, and this impact lasted for 30 ...

Regular Dental Flossing May Lower Risk of Stroke from Blood Clots, Irregular Heartbeats

Jan. 30, 2025 — People who regularly floss their teeth (one or more times per week) may lower their risk of stroke caused by a blood clot traveling from the heart and a stroke associated with an irregular heartbeat ...

A Common Mouth and Gut Bacteria May Be Linked With Increased Stroke Risk

Jan. 30, 2025 — Increased levels of Streptococcus anginosus, a common type of bacteria that usually lives in the mouth and gut, was found in the gut of recent stroke survivors in ...

Biomarker Tied to Premature Cell Aging May Signal Stroke, Dementia, Late-Life Depression

Jan. 30, 2025 — Shorter protective caps on chromosomes called telomeres, a proposed marker of accelerated biological cell aging, may be associated with an increased risk of stroke, dementia and late-life depression, ...

Researchers Map the Brain's Self-Healing Abilities After Stroke

Jan. 24, 2025 — A new study sheds light on one of the most severe consequences of stroke: damage to the brain's 'cables'-- the so-called nerve fibers -- which leads to permanent ...

Study Shows Anti-Clotting Drug Reduced Bleeding Events in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Jan. 23, 2025 — Researchers evaluated a drug that represents a new class of anticoagulants known as Factor XI inhibitors for treating patients with atrial fibrillation as part of the AZALEA-TIMI 71 Study. The trial ...

Your Stroke Risk Might Be Higher If Your Parents Divorced During Your Childhood

Jan. 22, 2025 — People whose parents divorced during their childhood may be at a greater risk of stroke later in life, according to a new ...

Brains of People With Sickle Cell Disease Appear Older

Jan. 17, 2025 — A new study has found older-looking brains in adults with sickle cell disease, helping to explain the cognitive challenges experienced by such individuals. A brain image from a healthy individual ...

Brain Connectome Phenotype Linked to Cerebrovascular Disease Can Track Cognitive Decline

Jan. 13, 2025 — Researchers have uncovered novel insights into how brain function disruptions related to cerebrovascular disease (CeVD) interact with Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology to impact ...

Study Challenges Traditional Risk Factors for Brain Health in the Oldest-Old

Jan. 7, 2025 — A study has found cardiovascular conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes, which are known to contribute to brain blood vessel damage in younger populations, not to be associated with an ...