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  2. Will you have a stroke? These 17 factors can be predictors ...

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    Taking oral contraceptives is just one of several stroke risk factors for women called out in new stroke-prevention guidelines. Stroke rates are rising, with over half a million Americans having a ...

  3. Lifestyle changes key to preventing strokes, new guidelines ...

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    “The 2024 Primary Prevention of Stroke Guidelines are a much needed and awaited update to the previous Primary Stroke Prevention guidelines from 2014. Over the past decade, our knowledge and ...

  4. American Heart Association - Wikipedia

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    In 1998, the association created the American Stroke Association to help prevent strokes, improve treatments, and maximize recoveries. In 2003, the two organizations created the Get With the Guidelines (GWTG)-Stroke program. [40] It is a voluntary registry that hospitals can use to receive the latest scientific treatment guidelines. [41]

  5. Here are new guidelines for preventing stroke, the nation's ...

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    Stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than half a million Americans have a stroke every year. But up to 80% of strokes may be preventable with better nutrition, exercise and identification of risk factors.

  6. Vascular dementia - Wikipedia

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    Since stroke is an essential part of vascular dementia, [13] the goal is to prevent new strokes. This is attempted through reduction of stroke risk factors, such as high blood pressure, high blood lipid levels, atrial fibrillation, or diabetes mellitus. [2] [5] Medications for high blood pressure are used to prevent pre-stroke dementia. [19]

  7. New stroke guidelines include risk factors specifically for women

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    The American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, released new stroke prevention guidelines this week for the first time in a decade. The focus of the guidelines is to ...

  8. DASH diet - Wikipedia

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    The DASH diet also features a high quotient of antioxidant-rich foods thought by some to retard or prevent chronic health problems, including cancer, heart disease, and stroke. [ 4 ] Researchers have also found that the DASH diet is more effective than a low- oxalate diet in the prevention and treatment of kidney stones, specifically calcium ...

  9. Promoting Healthy Choices: Information vs. Convenience - HuffPost

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    information on menus, the consequences of posting such information remain unclear. We address the effects of providing information and test the efficacy of an alternative approach that makes ordering healthier foods slightly more convenient. Fast-food customers were given menus that