Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation does not appear to reduce the risk of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events, a study has found.
Note that the lack of a significant effect of omega-3 supplementation is consistent with the majority of the large studies on the topic.
Cerebrovasular
AFib-Related Thrombogenesis (Virchow Was Right)
A graphic that explains why we rate atrial fibrillation.
Heavy Drinking May Lead to Early Stroke
Drinking three or more alcoholic beverages a day may raise the risk for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage at a much younger age than typical, researchers found.
These strokes occurred at an average age of 60 with such high alcohol consumption, 14 years earlier than seen without heavy drinking (P<0.0001), Charlotte Cordonnier, MD, PhD, of the University of Lille Nord de France in Lille, France, and colleagues,
Heavy drinking also predicted a near doubling in 2-year mortality risk after a deep intracerebral hemorrhage before age 60, the group reported in the Sept. 11 issue of Neurology.
Chocolate May Reduce Stroke Risk
In a prospective, longitudinal study, those who consumed a median 62.9 g of chocolate a week were at a significantly lower relative stroke risk than those who ate a median of zero grams weekly RR 0.83, 95% CI 0.7 to 0.99, according to Susanna Larsson, PhD, of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues.
via Chocolate Each Day May Keep Strokes Away.
Please pass the M&M’s.
Drawing Test Predicts Stroke Mortality Risk
Poorer performance on Trail Making Test-A (TMT-A) almost doubled the risk of death during a median poststroke follow-up of 2.5 years (HR 1.88 per SD, 95% CI 1.31 to 2.71, P=0.001). Patients who performed the worst on the TMT-A had almost a three times greater mortality risk compared with patients who had the best scores on the test prior to stroke (HR 2.90 per SD, 95% CI 1.24 to 6.77, P=0.014).
Any life insurance companies out there using this test?
lifeunderwriter.net 