A new study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health, that is among the first to show major regional and racial disparities in stroke rates, has found that African-Americans age 65 and younger are more than twice as likely to have a stroke compared with Caucasians in any region.
The study [...]

An early study suggests that vitamin B3 or niacin, a common water-soluble vitamin, may help improve neurological function after stroke, according researcher at Henry Ford Hospital.
When rats with ischemic stroke were given niacin, their brains showed growth of new blood vessels, and sprouting of nerve cells which greatly improved neurological outcome.
Now research is underway at [...]

Chocolate lovers have another reason to love chocolate.
Eating chocolate may lower your risk of having a stroke, according to an analysis of available research that will be released today and presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto April 10 to April 17, 2010. Another study found that eating chocolate may [...]

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Analysis: Chocolate may reduce stroke riskUSA TodayJust in time for Valentine's Day, research out this week suggests eating chocolate may have a positive impact on stroke. Don't go buying too many heart boxes just yet, though, say the study authors. …Chocolate Chips Away at Stroke RiskWebMDSweet! Chocolate may lower stroke riskmsnbc.comDark Chocolate May Lower [...]

As if there are not enough reasons for obese people to lose weight, researchers report in the FASEB Journal that maternal obesity dramatically increases the risk of diseases related to inflammation: heart disease, stroke and more.
In a study involving rats, researchers from Duke University found that obesity in mothers causes cellular programming in utero that [...]

Reducing salt in the American diet by as little as one-half teaspoon (or three grams) per day could prevent nearly 100,000 heart attacks and 92,000 deaths each year, according to a new study. Such benefits are on par with the benefits from reductions in smoking and could save the United States about $24 billion [...]

Researchers form Ohio State University have found that a specific kind of vitamin E may be able to prevent nerve cells from dying after a stroke by blocking the function of an enzyme in the brain with.
The study use mouse brain cells and found that the tocotrienol form of vitamin E,stopped the enzyme from releasing [...]

One out of every eight strokes is preceded by a “warning stroke,” which is a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or mild stroke, according to research published in journal Neurology®.
“These results illustrate the need for better risk assessment tools for preventing strokes before they occur,” said study author Daniel G. Hackam, MD, PhD, of the University [...]

As the Obama administration begins the important task of reinventing the American health care system, this study points to another hole in current USA health care and the need for more regionalized emergency care options.
Although most Americans live close to some type of emergency room, as many as one in four Americans are more than [...]

People who lead unhealthy lifestyles are more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke than those who eat and drink sensibly, don’t smoke, and take regular exercise, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal
There is good evidence to suggest that lifestyle behaviours like smoking, physical activity and diet can influence the risk [...]