Hebrew U Professor in Large-Scale Study Showing Corona's Link to Strokes in Younger Patients | The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com | Jewish Press News Desk | 17 Iyyar 5781 – April 29, 2021
Doctor speaks with a patient in the intensive care unit. Ever since the coronavirus became a widespread global pandemic, medical researchers have sought to understand how the virus impacts other medical ailments, especially neurological ones. In early 2020, New Yorkâs Mount Sinai Hospital reported that five younger patients stricken with COVID-19 experienced strokes after their diagnosis. This worrying report led researchers to fear that the virus could lead to an increase in stroke risk even in patients with no history of vascular disease, like high blood pressure, diabetes or smoking. ...