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2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association

Circulation

JANUARY 27, 2025

METHODS:The AHA, through its Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee, continuously monitors and evaluates sources of data on heart disease and stroke in the United States and globally to provide the most current information available in the annual Statistical Update with review of published literature through the year before writing.

Heart Disease

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Abelacimab Stops Bleeding, But Stroke Impact Uncertain

CardiacWire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Fully published results from Athos Therapeutics AZALEA-TIMI 71 trial for its novel Factor XI inhibitor abelacimab, confirming the drugs lower bleeding risks, but leaving researchers uncertain about its ability to prevent stroke in AFib patients. vs. 0.4%) and 4X ischemic stroke rates (csHR = 4.06). year follow-up. per 100 person-year.

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Retinal vascular fingerprints predict incident stroke: findings from the UK Biobank cohort study

Heart BMJ

MARCH 13, 2025

Objective To investigate the associations between a comprehensive set of retinal vascular parameters and incident stroke to unveil new associations and explore its predictive power for stroke risk. years, 749 incident strokes occurred among 45 161 participants. Each SD change in these parameters increased stroke risk by 9.8%

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11 leading stroke scientists to receive American Stroke Association honors

American Heart News - Stroke News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

6, 2024 – Eleven scientists leading the way in stroke research will be recognized during the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2024 for their. Embargoed until 8 a.m. ET, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 PHOENIX, Feb.

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New guideline: Preventing a first stroke may be possible with screening, lifestyle changes

American Heart News - Stroke News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

over half a million people have a first stroke; however, up to 80% of strokes may be preventable. The new primary prevention of stroke guideline from the American Stroke Association urges health care. Guideline Highlights: Each year in the U.S.,

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New Tool Helps Predict Stroke Outcome with Higher Accuracy

DAIC

JANUARY 30, 2025

This study, Precision in Stroke Care: A Novel Model for Predicting Functional Independence in Urgent Carotid Intervention Patients, is now available in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Stroke care presents distinct challenges that require swift action and informed decisions. tim.hodson Thu, 01/30/2025 - 15:31 Jan.

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Stroke rehabilitation drug repairs brain damage

Science Daily - Stroke

MARCH 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 studies.

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AI-based system to guide stroke treatment decisions may help prevent another stroke

American Heart News - Stroke News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Research Highlights: An artificial intelligence (AI) system to help guide treatment decisions for stroke patients led to improved stroke care quality and fewer recurrent strokes, heart attacks and vascular death among stroke survivors three months.

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Nominate a stroke hero today: 2025 Stroke Hero Awards open for submissions

American Heart News - Stroke News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

1, 2024 - Strokes can strike at any age, challenging survivors to overcome physical, emotional and cognitive changes. Nominations are open now for the 2025 Stroke Hero Awards from the American Stroke Association, a division of the. DALLAS, Oct.

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Genetic Insights Into Hemorrhagic Stroke and Vascular Malformations: Pathogenesis and Emerging Therapeutic Strategies

Stroke Journal

MARCH 14, 2025

Stroke, Ahead of Print. Brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs), and intracranial aneurysms are major causes of hemorrhagic stroke, yet noninvasive therapies to prevent growth or rupture are lacking.

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Study offers ‘compelling evidence’ for continuous stroke care improvement

American Heart News - Stroke News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Research Highlights: A retrospective look at Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke registry data from 2003 to 2022 finds substantial and sustained improvements in acute stroke care among those in the quality improvement program. Researchers found.

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Stroke recovery: It's in the genes

Science Daily - Stroke

JULY 24, 2024

New research has found that specific genes may be related to the trajectory of recovery for stroke survivors, providing doctors insights useful for developing targeted therapies.

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Young adults with migraine, other nontraditional risk factors may have higher stroke risk

American Heart News - Heart News

MARCH 26, 2024

Research Highlights: Nontraditional risk factors for stroke were significantly associated with the development of strokes in adults younger than ages 35 to 45. Migraine was the most important nontraditional risk factor for stroke among both men and.

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More than half a million global stroke deaths may be tied to climate change

Science Daily - Stroke

APRIL 10, 2024

A changing climate may be linked to growing death and disability from stroke in regions around the world, according to a new study. Researchers found over three decades that non-optimal temperatures, those above or below temperatures associated with the lowest death rates, were increasingly linked to death and disability due to stroke.

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New study reveals age-related brain changes influence recovery after stroke

Science Daily - Stroke

MAY 6, 2024

A new study has revealed that areas of age-related damage in the brain relate to motor outcomes after a stroke -- a phenomenon that may be under-recognized in stroke research.

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History of COVID-19 found to double long-term risk of heart attack, stroke and death

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

OCTOBER 9, 2024

A history of COVID-19 can double the risk of heart attack, stroke or death according to new research led by Cleveland Clinic and the University of Southern California.

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Regular dental flossing may lower risk of stroke from blood clots, irregular heartbeats

Science Daily - Heart Disease

JANUARY 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 such as atrial fibrillation (AFib).

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New telehealth stroke certification available to health care professionals

American Heart News - Stroke News

JUNE 4, 2024

DALLAS, date, 2024 — Significant barriers prevent or slow treatment for many patients with stroke, including long travel times to stroke center hospitals and the lack of availability of stroke specialists who can evaluate the patient and determine if.

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Stroke Survivors With Afib Could Start DOACs Earlier

Med Page Today

OCTOBER 25, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- It was safe to start direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) therapy without delay after acute ischemic stroke in people with atrial fibrillation (Afib), according to the OPTIMAS randomized trial. Stroke survivors randomized to early.

AFIB

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Can having a stroke change your sleep?

Science Daily - Heart Disease

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

People who have had a stroke may be more likely to sleep too much or too little compared to those without prior stroke, according to a new study. The study does not prove that stroke causes abnormal sleep; it only shows an association.

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Stroke Strokes

COVID-19 infection appeared to increase risk of heart attack & stroke up to 3 years later

American Heart News - Heart News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Research Highlights: An analysis of UK Biobank health data that included adults who had mild to severe COVID-19 before vaccines were available found an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and death among those adults during the nearly three-year.

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Night-time heat significantly increases the risk of stroke

Science Daily - Stroke

MAY 21, 2024

Researchers show that nocturnal heat significantly increases the risk of stroke. The findings can contribute to the development of preventive measures: With them, the population can better protect themselves against the risks of climate change with increasingly frequent hot nights.

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Cannabis use linked to increase in heart attack and stroke risk

American Heart News - Heart News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

found that using cannabis has a significant association with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, independent of tobacco use, with higher odds among the adults. Research Highlights: An analysis of survey data for 430,000 adults in the U.S.

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Extreme temperatures may increase risk of stroke mortality, especially in low-income countries

Science Daily - Stroke

MAY 22, 2024

Extreme heat and extreme cold are both associated with increased risks of death from ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, according to a new study. The researchers found that the link between extreme temperatures and stroke mortality was stronger in low-income countries than in high-income countries.

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Everyday activities aren't enough to protect against stroke

Science Daily - Stroke

JULY 29, 2024

Research shows that the physical activities we do as we go about our lives, at work or in the home, aren't enough to protect us from having a stroke. However, exercising in our free time and using active modes of transport are associated with a decreased risk of stroke.

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Researchers develop 'game-changing' blood test for stroke detection

Science Daily - Stroke

MAY 17, 2024

Stroke is the leading cause of disability worldwide and the second leading cause of death, but the right early intervention can prevent severe consequences. Scientists developed a new test by combining blood-based biomarkers with a clinical score to identify patients experiencing large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke with high accuracy.

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Frequent fizzy or fruit drinks and high coffee consumption linked to higher stroke risk

Science Daily - Stroke

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Frequent drinking of fizzy drinks or fruit juice is associated with an increased risk of stroke, according to new findings. The research also found that drinking more than four cups of coffee per day also increases the risk of stroke.

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Early Stroke Scare With Bivalent COVID Vaccines Unsupported by Large Study

Med Page Today

MARCH 19, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Investigation of an early signal for stroke associated with COVID-19 bivalent vaccines turned into suspicion of high-dose or adjuvanted flu shots instead, based on a large U.S. population-based study. When researchers inspected.

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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Missed Cause in Stroke Prevention Guidelines

Stroke Journal

MARCH 7, 2025

Stroke, Ahead of Print. The 2024 Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Stroke, recently updated by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association, serve as an essential resource for clinicians aiming to reduce the growing impact of cerebrovascular disease.

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GLP-1, SGLT2 medications may lower stroke survivor’s risk of future heart attack, stroke

American Heart News - Stroke News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Research Highlights: In an analysis of more than 7,000 stroke survivors, those who were taking either a GLP1-receptor agonist or an SGLT2 inhibitor medication had a lower risk of a subsequent stroke, heart attack or death compared to peers who were.

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Loneliness linked to higher risk of heart disease, stroke and susceptibility to infection

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 3, 2025

Interactions with friends and family may keep us healthy because they boost our immune system and reduce our risk of diseases such as heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, new research suggests.

Heart Disease

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Brain-heart axis: Strokes change epigenetics of immune system

Science Daily - Heart Disease

JULY 23, 2024

A stroke not only causes acute damage to the brain, but can also have long-term health implications for other organs -- such as the heart. Researchers have worked on the hypothesis that the high rate of comorbidities that develop after a stroke could have a common immunological cause.

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Stroke Strokes Research

Loneliness linked to higher risk of heart disease and stroke and susceptibility to infection

Science Daily - Stroke

JANUARY 3, 2025

Interactions with friends and family may keep us healthy because they boost our immune system and reduce our risk of diseases such as heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, new research suggests. Researchers drew this conclusion after studying proteins from blood samples taken from over 42,000 adults recruited to the UK Biobank.

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Stroke rates increasing in individuals living with SCD despite treatment guidelines

Science Daily - Heart Disease

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The incidence of stroke continues to increase for adults and children living with sickle cell disease (SCD) despite the Stroke Prevention Trial in Sickle Cell Anemia (STOP) establishing standards of care like transfusions and tests to measure blood flow in the brain for those deemed high-risk, according to a new study.

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Women with excess weight as a teen or young adult may have higher stroke risk by age 55

American Heart News - Stroke News

JUNE 6, 2024

Research Highlights: Women with excess weight at age 14 or 31 may have increased ischemic (clot caused) stroke risk before age 55. The same ischemic stroke risk was not found in men. Losing excess weight after adolescence may not eliminate the stroke.

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What's overweight enough for lower disability after stroke?

Science Daily - Stroke

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Slightly overweight stroke survivors have a lower risk of sustaining disabilities. New research adds another aspect to the obesity paradox but also highlights the importance of considering the population's normal when recommending best practices.

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Initial prescriptions of sedatives among older stroke survivors may include too many pills

American Heart News - Heart News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Research Highlights: Within 90 days after having an ischemic (clot-caused) stroke, about 5% of stroke survivors ages 65 and older were prescribed benzodiazepines (depressants that relieve anxiety, muscle spasms, produce sedation and reduce seizures).

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New study identifies two proteins that may contribute to stroke recurrence

Science Daily - Heart Disease

JULY 22, 2024

A new study has identified new genetic and molecular risk factors that may reveal new pathways for treating patients after they experience their first stroke. The study identified CCL27 and TNFRSF14, two proteins that are associated with subsequent MACE, but not initial strokes.

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Salt Substitution and Recurrent Stroke and Death

JAMA Cardiology

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This cluster randomized clinical trial evaluated if a reduced-sodium, added-potassium salt substitute compared with regular salt decreases the risk of stroke recurrence and death in patients with a history of stroke.

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Eating more ultra-processed foods tied to cognitive decline, stroke, according to study

Science Daily - Stroke

MAY 22, 2024

People who eat more ultra-processed foods like soft drinks, chips and cookies may have a higher risk of having memory and thinking problems and having a stroke than those who eat fewer processed foods, according to a new study. The study does not prove that eating ultra-processed foods causes memory and thinking problems and stroke.

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New insights into cellular processes after a stroke

Science Daily - Stroke

AUGUST 1, 2024

Strokes lead to irreversible damage to the brain and are one of the most common causes of dependency or death. As the cellular reactions to a cerebral infarction are not yet fully understood, there is a lack of possible approaches to promote the regeneration of damaged nerve tissue in the brain.

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Stroke Strokes Research

'Smart glove' can boost hand mobility of stroke patients

Science Daily - Stroke

JANUARY 16, 2024

This month, a group of stroke survivors in British Columbia will test a new technology designed to aid their recovery, and ultimately restore use of their limbs and hands. Participants will wear a new groundbreaking 'smart glove' capable of tracking their hand and finger movements during rehabilitation exercises.

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Research shows sotagliflozin is the first medication of its kind to significantly reduce both heart attacks and strokes

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Sotagliflozin, a drug recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat type 2 diabetes and kidney disease with additional cardiovascular risk factors, can significantly reduce heart attack and stroke among these patients, according to results from an international clinical trial led by a Mount Sinai researcher.

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Early sickle cell disease intervention may lower stroke risk

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

However, new research suggests that earlier BMT may provide protection from stroke later in life.

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Sickle Cell Disease Stroke Strokes Transplant

2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association

Abelacimab Stops Bleeding, But Stroke Impact Uncertain

Retinal vascular fingerprints predict incident stroke: findings from the UK Biobank cohort study

Webinars

11 leading stroke scientists to receive American Stroke Association honors

New guideline: Preventing a first stroke may be possible with screening, lifestyle changes

New Tool Helps Predict Stroke Outcome with Higher Accuracy

Stroke rehabilitation drug repairs brain damage

AI-based system to guide stroke treatment decisions may help prevent another stroke

Nominate a stroke hero today: 2025 Stroke Hero Awards open for submissions

Genetic Insights Into Hemorrhagic Stroke and Vascular Malformations: Pathogenesis and Emerging Therapeutic Strategies

Study offers ‘compelling evidence’ for continuous stroke care improvement

Stroke recovery: It's in the genes

Young adults with migraine, other nontraditional risk factors may have higher stroke risk

More than half a million global stroke deaths may be tied to climate change

New study reveals age-related brain changes influence recovery after stroke

History of COVID-19 found to double long-term risk of heart attack, stroke and death

Regular dental flossing may lower risk of stroke from blood clots, irregular heartbeats

New telehealth stroke certification available to health care professionals

Stroke Survivors With Afib Could Start DOACs Earlier

Can having a stroke change your sleep?

COVID-19 infection appeared to increase risk of heart attack & stroke up to 3 years later

Night-time heat significantly increases the risk of stroke

Cannabis use linked to increase in heart attack and stroke risk

Extreme temperatures may increase risk of stroke mortality, especially in low-income countries

Everyday activities aren't enough to protect against stroke

Researchers develop 'game-changing' blood test for stroke detection

Frequent fizzy or fruit drinks and high coffee consumption linked to higher stroke risk

Early Stroke Scare With Bivalent COVID Vaccines Unsupported by Large Study

Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Missed Cause in Stroke Prevention Guidelines

GLP-1, SGLT2 medications may lower stroke survivor’s risk of future heart attack, stroke

Loneliness linked to higher risk of heart disease, stroke and susceptibility to infection

Brain-heart axis: Strokes change epigenetics of immune system

Loneliness linked to higher risk of heart disease and stroke and susceptibility to infection

Stroke rates increasing in individuals living with SCD despite treatment guidelines

Women with excess weight as a teen or young adult may have higher stroke risk by age 55

What's overweight enough for lower disability after stroke?

Initial prescriptions of sedatives among older stroke survivors may include too many pills

New study identifies two proteins that may contribute to stroke recurrence

Salt Substitution and Recurrent Stroke and Death

Eating more ultra-processed foods tied to cognitive decline, stroke, according to study

New insights into cellular processes after a stroke

'Smart glove' can boost hand mobility of stroke patients

Research shows sotagliflozin is the first medication of its kind to significantly reduce both heart attacks and strokes

Early sickle cell disease intervention may lower stroke risk

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