Although age-standardized stroke mortality rates have increased in some areas, during the past 3 decades age-standardized stroke burden rates have declined worldwide. Across the last 3 decades, ...

In young adult patients with infective endocarditis, age-adjusted mortality rates for stroke-related mortality have significantly increased in the past 2 decades. Age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMR) ...

Stroke mortality rates are projected to increase dramatically over the next few decades, with global deaths potentially rising by half their current number by mid-century. This troubling forecast, ...

Extreme temperatures are linked to an increased risk for stroke mortality, and people who live in low-income parts of the world are disproportionately affected, results of a new multinational study of ...

Americans are more likely to survive strokes today compared to the past, but Blacks are more likely than whites to die within five years after a particular stroke event, according to a new report ...

Alexis Payne has a passion for planting trees. As a 31-year-old volunteer and student at the University of New Orleans, Payne regularly has full days both in the classroom and outdoors. Seven months ...

Extreme heat and extreme cold are both associated with increased risks of death from ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The ...

A large cohort study from Denmark has highlighted the critical need for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) to continue oral anticoagulation (OAC) after a stroke. Stopping OAC therapy doubles the ...

Could those extra hours in bed be silently undermining health? New evidence suggests sleeping too much may be more harmful than sleeping too little and the risks extend far beyond feeling groggy. In ...