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  2. Stroke - Wikipedia

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    [152] [153] Stroke prevention treatment for atrial fibrillation is determined according to the CHA2DS2–VASc score. The most widely used anticoagulant to prevent thromboembolic stroke in people with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation is the oral agent warfarin while a number of newer agents including dabigatran are alternatives which do not ...

  3. World Stroke Day - Wikipedia

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    In 2009, WSO leadership moved from a focus on a single awareness day, to a year-round campaign to build a more sustained approach to public awareness of key issues in stroke recognition and prevention and treatment. World Stroke Day continues to provide a focal point for the campaign with biennial themes which seek to draw attention to key ...

  4. Ozempic Is Part of New Stroke Prevention Guidelines ... - AOL

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    More than 795,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke each year, which is a leading cause of serious long-term disability. Many of the leading risk factors for stroke are modifiable, making ...

  5. Preventive healthcare - Wikipedia

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    Preventive healthcare strategies are described as taking place at the primal, [2] primary, [13] secondary, and tertiary prevention levels. Although advocated as preventive medicine in the early twentieth century by Sara Josephine Baker, [14] Hugh R. Leavell and E. Gurney Clark coined the term primary prevention in the 1940s.

  6. National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale - Wikipedia

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    The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, or NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS), is a tool used by healthcare providers to objectively quantify the impairment caused by a stroke and aid planning post-acute care disposition, though was intended to assess differences in interventions in clinical trials. The NIHSS was designed for the National ...

  7. Framingham Risk Score - Wikipedia

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    Because risk scores such as the Framingham Risk Score give an indication of the likely benefits of prevention, they are useful for both the individual patient and for the clinician in helping decide whether lifestyle modification and preventive medical treatment and for patient education, by identifying men and women at increased risk for future cardiovascular events.

  8. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis - Wikipedia

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    Treatment Low molecular weight heparin [ 1 ] Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis ( CVST ), cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis or cerebral venous thrombosis ( CVT ), is the presence of a blood clot in the dural venous sinuses (which drain blood from the brain ), the cerebral veins , or both.

  9. Wellness Recovery Action Plan - Wikipedia

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    The Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery is a non-profit mental health organization that created and pioneered the use of the WRAP and other works developed by Copeland. [5] The Center was established in 2005, and focuses their trainings and programs on persons seeking to take personal responsibility to improve their wellness.