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mortality risk
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mortality From Stroke
06/09/2022
Racial and ethnic disparities exist across all aspects of health care. Researchers examined the association of these disparities in short- and long-term mortality for different types of stroke.
06/09/2022
hemorrhage
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hemorrhage
AHA/ASA: New Guidelines on Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Management
05/25/2022
A joint guideline was recently issued on the prevention, management, and treatment of individuals with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.
05/25/2022
Nutrition
Salt
Nutrition
Nutritional Pearls: Salt Substitutes May Help Prevent Stroke and Heart Disease
05/24/2022
Your patient is a 59-year-old man with a family history of stroke. He asks you if there are small changes he can make to his diet to decrease his risk of stroke.
05/24/2022

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Nutrition
Salt
Nutrition
Nutritional Pearls: Salt Substitutes May Help Prevent Stroke and Heart Disease
05/24/2022
Your patient is a 59-year-old man with a family history of stroke. He asks you if there are small changes he can make to his diet to decrease his risk of stroke.
05/24/2022
Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure
Poll: Lowering BP After Stroke
04/28/2020
Lowering blood pressure is one way to reduce an individual’s risk of stroke. But when is the optimal time to lower blood pressure in an individual who has just had a stroke? Let us know by taking our poll. ...
04/28/2020
Bleeding Risk
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Bleeding Risk
Pop Quiz: NIH Stroke Scale
01/15/2020
Test your knowledge on the number of stroke scale items that are listed on the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale by answering this question.
01/15/2020
Treatment
Treatment
Poll: Stem Cell Therapy for Stroke
11/29/2019
Although no therapies are currently available for stroke rehabilitation, do you think it is possible that stem cell therapy will become more important among stroke survivors? Voice your opinion by taking...
11/29/2019
Neurology
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Neurology
Pop Quiz: Most Common Type of Stroke
11/14/2019
The CDC reports that stroke kills 140,000 Americans each year and that 1 in 4 strokes are in people who have had a previous stroke. Do you know the most common type of stroke? Take our quiz and find out! ...
11/14/2019

Clinical Insights

Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sri Banerjee, MD, PhD, MPH, MAS
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sri Banerjee, MD, PhD, MPH, MAS, on Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, and Autoimmune Disease
01/30/2022
In this podcast, Sri Banerjee, MD, PhD, MPH, MAS, talks about inflammatory biomarkers of mortality in women with stroke and rheumatoid arthritis, including whether stroke history modifies the effect of...
01/30/2022
Nutrition
Nutrition
The Role of Ketone Bodies in Stroke
01/08/2022
Michelle Puchowicz, PhD, from the University of Tennessee, writes about how ketones or ketosis is induced by diet, how it might be neuroprotective, and the steps needed to know for sure.
01/08/2022
Emergency Medicine
Shumei Man, MD, PhD
Emergency Medicine
Shortening Door-to-Needle Times in Acute Ischemic Stroke
08/11/2020
In this podcast, Shumei Man, MD, PhD discusses the findings from her recent study, which indicated that shorter thrombolytic door-to-needle times were associated with lower all-cause readmission and lower...
08/11/2020
Stroke
Louis Caplan
Stroke
Louis Caplan, MD, on Lacunar Stroke, Penetrating Artery Disease
07/01/2020
In this podcast, Louis Caplan, MD, from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center talks about detecting penetrating artery disease, prevention of events, and the antiplatelet agents used to treat such events. ...
07/01/2020
Acute Ischemic Stroke
Amrou Sarraj, MD
Acute Ischemic Stroke
Amrou Sarraj, MD, on the Optimization of Patient Selection for Endovascular Therapy in AIS
04/07/2020
Consultant360 spoke with the SELECT trial national principal investigator and lead author Amrou Sarraj, MD, whose trial shed light on how the use of imaging modalities can be optimized following the onset...
04/07/2020