World Stroke Day — October 29, 2014

World Stroke Day — October 29, 2013

The Effect of Hurricane Sandy on Cardiovascular Events in New Jersey

BACKGROUND Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey (NJ) on October 29, 2012. We studied the impact of this extreme weather event on the incidence of, and 30-day mortality from, cardiovascular (CV) events (CVEs), including myocardial infarctions (MI) and strokes, in NJ. METHODS AND RESULTS Data were obtained from the MI data acquisition system (MIDAS), a database of all inpatient hospital ...

World Stroke Day 2008: "little strokes, big trouble".

W orld Stroke Day is a day with a message for every day: " Stroke is a treatable and preventable catastrophe. " This year and every subsequent year it will be on October 29th. The theme for this year is " Little strokes, big trouble ". During the World Stroke Congress in Vancouver in 2004, a working group was organized to develop a global agenda for stroke. The 2007 World Stroke Day theme was "...

Narrowing the gap of stroke management between developed and developing countries: report of the fifth international stroke summit, Nanjing, China, July 17-19, 2009.

and developing countries was recommended as the main topic of this year’s summit. Participants were encouraged to discuss differences in stroke etiology, subtypes, incidence, recurrence, risk factors, diagnosis, prevention, management and prognosis among countries and regions. Special emphasis was put on generalizing stroke education, increasing awareness of stroke warning signs among average p...

Asia Pacific Consensus Forum on Stroke Management.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Because of the enormity of the burden of stroke globally, there is a real need to develop strategies to reduce its impact. With this in mind, the World Health Organization (Division of Mental Health and Prevention of Substance Abuse) together with the National Stroke Foundation (Australia) sponsored the Asia Pacific Consensus Forum on Stroke Management in Melbourne, Austr...