Some sobering statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about stroke, a frequently fatal condition in which blood flow to the brain is interrupted, depriving the brain of essential oxygen. After more than four decades of decline, progress has slowed in preventing stroke deaths, according to the latest Vital Signs report by… Continue reading CDC: Progress in Preventing Stroke Deaths Has Slowed
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Fewer than Half Of Stroke Patients Are Prescribed Recommended Cholesterol-Lowering Medication
Nationwide, fewer than half of stroke patients discharged from the hospital received a prescription for cholesterol-lowering medications called statins, and the likelihood of a prescription varied by patients’ geographic location, sex, age and race, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke… Continue reading Fewer than Half Of Stroke Patients Are Prescribed Recommended Cholesterol-Lowering Medication