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Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Neurology: 12/20/13 Objectives: To examine 18-year trends in short-term and long-term stroke mortality and the prognostic influence of comorbidity. Methods: We conducted a nationwide population-based cohort study. Using the Danish National Registry of Patients, covering all Danish hospitals, we identified all 219,354 patients with a first-time hospitalization for stroke during 1994–2011. We computed standardized 30-day, 1-year, and 5-year […]
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Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Wiley: 12/19/13 In many countries, stroke is a lower priority than other diseases despite its public health impact. One issue is a lack of readily accessible comparative data to help make the case for the development of national stroke strategies. To assist in this process, we need to have a common repository of the latest published […]
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Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Circ.ahajournals.org: 12/18/13 Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies, brings together the most up-to-date statistics on heart disease, stroke, other vascular diseases, and their risk factors and presents them in its Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update. […]
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Thursday, January 9th, 2014
STROKEAHA: December 10, 2013 Coffee, tea, and cocoa are important dietary sources of polyphenols and have received much attention during the past years because of their potential beneficial effects on cardiovascular health. The polyphenols in these beverages and cocoa may reduce the risk of stroke through multiple mechanisms, including antihypertensive, hypocholesterolemic, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory effects as […]
