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A final rule amends 80 FDA standards of identity so makers can replace some or all added salt with substitutes, part of a push to cut sodium tied to high blood pressure. It takes effect 14 December 2026.
The FDA logged the recall of the RED 62 reperfusion catheter, part of the Penumbra System used to pull clots from the brain, on 7 October. Manufacturing problems mean the device may fracture; 43 units are affected.
A Global Burden of Disease analysis of Kenya's 47 counties found ischaemic stroke killed 11,328 people in 2023 — death rates are falling even as new cases rise, with raised blood pressure behind 35% of the burden.
A meta-analysis of 36 studies and 2.6 million women found iatrogenic menopause raised stroke and cardiovascular risk. The death-rate excess was confined to menopause before 45, with null estimates after.
A Global Burden of Disease 2023 analysis counts 241 million users worldwide, concentrated in south Asia, with a rising burden of stroke and oral cancer even as prevalence has barely moved.
In 3,000 patients eligible for blood thinners, the device maker's trial found left atrial appendage closure noninferior to anticoagulant drugs, and superior for non-procedure-related bleeding at three years.
The Global Burden of Disease 2023 study estimates 2.33 billion NCD incident cases and 263 million DALYs across Africa, with high blood pressure the single largest driver of the continent's NCD deaths.
Face, arm, speech, time is the message that saves lives. But in one US stroke centre 14% of ischaemic strokes had no FAST sign at all — and every minute of delay costs an estimated 1.9 million neurons.
In people with no heart disease, aspirin's benefit was small or absent and bleeding rose across three large trials. US guidance now advises against starting it at 60 or older.
In the CREST-2 trials, stenting or surgery added to intensive medical treatment left cognition no better at four years than medical treatment alone in people with severe asymptomatic carotid stenosis.
A Mediterranean diet rich in extra-virgin olive oil cut cardiovascular events in a Spanish trial, and US cohorts link over half a tablespoon a day to less heart disease — the biggest signal in what it replaces.
For adults with no symptoms, the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends against carotid ultrasound screening — a rare 'D' grade, because finding the narrowing does more harm than good.
In UK Biobank participants tracked with wrist light sensors, high nighttime light exposure was tied to thickened, weaker heart muscle and 24–33% higher risks of heart attack, stroke and heart failure.
In the LAIS trial, more patients given intravenous loberamisal recovered with little or no disability at 90 days — a rare positive result in a field littered with failed neuroprotectants.
Spain's PREDIMED trial is the strongest randomised evidence that a dietary pattern lowers cardiovascular events. In 2018 its authors withdrew it over flawed randomisation and reissued corrected results.
Patients whose carotid plaque contained plastics had a higher rate of heart attack, stroke or death. It is an association in 257 people, not proof of cause.
STAREE randomised 9,971 Australians aged 70 and over to atorvastatin or placebo. Cardiovascular events fell by 30%. Death, dementia and persistent disability, taken together, did not move.
Guidelines have hedged on anticoagulation for people with one stroke risk factor. SINGLE-AF randomised 1,803 patients in South Korea, and the events it counted were very few in both arms.
Comparing US adults vaccinated just before and just after the changeover from the live to the recombinant shingles vaccine, researchers found a 9% lower cardiovascular burden over seven years.
Global mean intake was 4,278 mg a day in 2021 against a recommended limit under 2,000. A week of low-sodium eating moved blood pressure in most people; a five-year trial of salt substitute cut strokes.
A meta-analysis of 45 cohorts found risk rising steadily with every 10 beats per minute. A study of 92,457 wearable users found one person's normal can differ from another's by 70 beats.
Stroke is the world's second-leading cause of death and third-leading cause of disability. The new resolution asks countries to build stroke-ready emergency systems, not just treat risk factors.
Pooled data across 38 studies found higher coffee intake linked to a higher risk of heart attack — but a lower risk of stroke and irregular heartbeat, with a separate benefit for people with high blood pressure.
The STABLED trial randomized 331 atrial fibrillation patients with a recent stroke to ablation plus anticoagulation or anticoagulation alone. The two groups ended up nearly identical.
In 2,286 patients with sleep apnea undergoing major surgery, a measure of how deeply and how long oxygen fell — not the apnea-hypopnea index — tracked 30-day cardiovascular events and death.
Emergency restrictions came into force on 13 December when the index passed 450. The more telling number is how many days the city has now spent in a category that was meant to be exceptional.
Age-standardised disability-adjusted life-years fell 12.6% since 2010, but the raw total rose 6.1% to 2.80 billion. Anxiety, depression and diabetes rose fastest even after adjusting for ageing.