News reports of the death of aspirin are exaggerated.
Late last year a number of news reports
Category: Vascular Risk Factors
Respect your elders’ risk factors.
Respecting one’s elders is age-old good advice.
Exercise to improve cognition.
A small study published in the journal
I’ll gladly exercise now to avoid a stroke later.
It’s fairly obvious that physical fitness is good for many reasons.
Blood pressure intervention helps a little with dementia.
A recent trial done by researchers in The Netherlands called
Cardiovascular health may prevent cognitive decline.
The term “synergy” may be overused in the business world but in medicine, we’re still ok with it. I always like to point out ways to affect more than one area with a single effort.
Take THAT JNC 8 – lower BP better for stroke prevention.
There are many organizations that meet regularly to pour over data and make broad recommendations to doctors about how to treat patients.
Facts and questions from a blood pressure study.
The question of what is the best blood pressure target is quite old and not very close to being settled.
Resolution time: Diet and exercise to prevent stroke (Part 2)
Here’s part two in the resolutions series:
Resolution time: Diet and exercise to prevent stroke (Part 1)
I just uncovered 2 articles in my pile from the journal
