Deaths from stroke in younger people.

Obesity and chronic disease in younger people.

Stroke at a younger age.

Stroke is a suddenly developing disorder, caused by focal disturbance of cerebral circulation, followed by neurologic deficits of varying intensity with duration longer than 1 hour; it mostly occurs in old and middle age, and rarely at a younger age. The aim of the study was to analyze the occurrence of stroke at a younger age (18-49 years). We analyzed all stroke patients aged 18-49 treated at...

Could estrogen protect younger menopausal women from stroke?

The hypothesis that estrogen might be protective for younger women but might become neutral, or even harmful, for older women has been proposed for both cardiovascular disease and dementia [1,2]. When referring specifically to the benefits or risks of estrogen therapy (ET), this hypothesis has been called the window of opportunity, window of vulnerability, or timing hypothesis. For simplicity, ...

Post Stroke Llife in Iranian People: Used and Recommended Strategies

Objectives: Stroke survivors develop their own strategies to combat disabilities, developing strategies to maintain or reestablish a sense of continuity after the disruptive life event that stroke represents, using strategies to foster hope during the process of adjusting to life after stroke and drawing on spiritual practices. The aim of this study is to identify the used and recommended strat...

Modelling Sudden Deaths from Myocardial Infarction and Stroke

Death within 30 days is an important factor to be looked into, as there is a significant risk of deaths immediately following or soon after, myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke. In this paper, we will model the deaths within 30 days following a myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke in the UK. We will see how the probabilities of sudden deaths from MI or stroke have changed over the period 1981-...