Strokes

Longer overall and cardiovascular mortality only observed among morning drinkers

Biomarker of wine consumption believed to reduce misclassification and bias in study

Tenecteplase is cheaper and easier to administer, says researcher

Observational study suggests one antihypertensive class might be preventive

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Existing models improved only slightly after accounting for certain female risk factors

Short bouts of vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity tied to lower risk of MACE

Pollution-mortality relationship evidenced at the level of PM2.5 source type

Yet advisors were not inclined to take back approval for bleeding reversal agent

Procedure also noninferior to anticoagulation for death, stroke, or systemic embolism composite

Patient education is essential

Risk of common age-related brain diseases was reduced over 12-year follow-up

Safety shown with no difference in recurrent strokes

An excerpt from Theodore H. Schwartz's book, Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery