Preventing brain injury

Some young cannabis smokers who survive a stroke are nearly 50 per cent more likely than their peers to suffer a second attack, new research suggests. The study revealed that 18-46-year-olds with cannabis use disorder (CUD) were 48 per cent more likely to be hospitalised with another stroke. Cannabis use disorder is defined as dependent [...]

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Women aged 35 and below are significantly more likely to have an ischemic stroke than men of the same age, an evidence review has found. The review of more than a dozen international studies on sex differences in stroke occurrence was published in the journal Stroke. Stroke Editor-in-Chief Ralph L. Sacco, M.D., M.S., FAHA, said: [...]

The intervention can lower the risk of sports-related injury for a year after the concussion by 3.6 times, new research reveals

'Shadow pandemic' has seen greater risk to women, alongside difficulties in accessing support, a new study finds

A European-wide football concussion charter has been launched, stepping up efforts to safeguard players and urging the education of those involved in the game around the dangers of impacts to the head. 

Retired NFL players who had more than 10 concussions during their careers may be at a greater risk of having a stroke, new research suggests. The study is the first of its kind to investigate repeat concussions and stroke risk among former players. The research published in Stroke looked at 979 retired American football stars [...]

More than 20,000 strokes and 5,000 deaths could be averted each year after NHS England struck a deal to expand life-saving blood thinning drugs. NHS England will scale up the use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) across the network, with more than 610,000 patients set to benefit over the next three years. DOACs are used [...]

Drinking tea and coffee every day could lower the risk of developing a stroke by almost a third, according to the largest study of its kind. The research followed 365,000 people aged between 50 and 74 for more than a decade. The participants self-reported their tea and coffee consumption at the start of the UK [...]

Patients diagnosed with aortic stenosis should get major heart surgery within months of diagnosis, even if they don’t feel unwell, new research suggests. Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve opening, where blood flood between the left ventricle and aorta is restricted. The operation to replace a damage aortic valve is usually only [...]