A plant-based dietary pattern that includes cholesterol-lowering foods and nutrients is associated with lower risk for cardiovascular disease and stroke, a new study suggests.
STEMI patients taking the traditional Chinese medicine Tongxinluo, containing extracts of multiple plants and insects, had fewer MIs, strokes, and other events in the randomized CTS-AMI trial.
The anti-inflammatory agent, started within 24 hours of acute ischemic stroke or TIA, did not reduce subsequent stroke or other vascular events at 90 days in the CHANCE-3 trial.