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Patients admitted for ischemic stroke who live in the Stroke Belt are less likely to receive a neurologic evaluation during hospital stays.

Patients admitted for ischemic stroke who live in the Stroke Belt are less likely to receive a neurologic evaluation during hospital stays.

Study presented at ISC 2024 suggests Black women with hypertension before age 35 face a 3-fold increase in risk of stroke while hypertension before 45 linked to doubling in stroke risk.

Black women who develop high blood pressure before age 35 have a threefold increased risk of having a midlife stroke, new data suggested.

I shared these maps with cardiologist Donald Lloyd-Jones, a past president of the American Heart Association who chairs the preventive medicine department at…

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every year more than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke. In 2021, one in six deaths from cardiovascular disease was due to stroke. Kentucky has among the highest rates of stroke-related deaths in the country, with more 2,000 Kentuckians dying from stroke or stroke-related complications each year.

Bexar County, home to San Antonio and close suburbs, has an average life expectancy of about 80 years.

You've heard about the bible and rust belts, but what belt is Montana a part of?

You've heard about the bible and rust belts, but what belt is Montana a part of?

You've heard about the bible and rust belts, but what belt is Montana a part of?