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Empagliflozin sometimes causes a transient decline in kidney function, and on rare occasions causes acute kidney injury, so use should be monitored in those with kidney dysfunction. But some trials have indicated that empagliflozin can be used in people with an eGFR as low as 20 mL/min/1.73 m², without increasing adverse kidney outcomes. [17] [18]
Taking medications like blood pressure and lipid-lowering drugs for more than 5 years is associated with a lower incidence of dementia, a new study has found.
“A stroke occurs when the central nervous system is injured due to a vascular cause, so that could be due to a blockage, which accounts for about 80% of strokes in the United States, or a ...
A blood clot that reaches your brain can cause a stroke. Symptoms of a stroke include sudden: Numbness or weakness, often on one side of your body or face. Confusion.
The most common presentation of cerebrovascular disease is an ischemic stroke or mini-stroke and sometimes a hemorrhagic stroke. [2] Hypertension (high blood pressure) is the most important contributing risk factor for stroke and cerebrovascular diseases as it can change the structure of blood vessels and result in atherosclerosis . [ 5 ]
Stroke-related dementia involving successive small strokes causes a more gradual decline in cognition. [4] Dementia may occur when neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular pathologies are mixed, as in susceptible elderly people (75 years and older). [2] [5] Cognitive decline can be traced back to occurrence of successive strokes. [4]
Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S., resulting in nearly 160,000 deaths annually. Stroke risk factors for women. For the first time, the stroke guidelines include specific ...
Canagliflozin is indicated to be used with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes; to reduce the risk of major heart-related events such as heart attack, stroke, or death in people with type 2 diabetes who have known heart disease; and to reduce the risk of end-stage kidney disease, worsening of kidney function, heart-related death, and being hospitalized for ...