AI model could use heart rhythm data to detect premature aging and cognitive decline
Feb 3, 2025
An AI model that incorporates electrocardiogram tests could someday be used to detect people at risk for cognitive decline, new research suggests.
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Flossing may reduce risk for stroke and irregular heart rhythm
Jan 30, 2025
People who floss at least once a week may lower their risk for strokes caused by blood clots from the heart as well as irregular heart rhythms that can lead to a stroke, new research shows.
She thought she had food poisoning. She was bleeding in her brain.
Jan 29, 2025
From urgent care to eye doctor to the emergency room, Julie Ferris-Tillman finally received a diagnosis of hemorrhagic stroke.
Can sleep position affect your heart and brain health?
Jan 24, 2025
Sleep is essential to health, and paying attention to how you lie in bed might help.
What cold weather does to the body and how to protect yourself this winter
Jan 3, 2025
Cold weather can increase the risk of heart attacks and stroke deaths, and it places the very old and very young at risk for a range of problems.
Coffee may protect cognition in people with AFib
Dec 31, 2024
Having atrial fibrillation increases the risk for cognitive decline, but drinking multiple cups of coffee each day may help offset that risk, new research suggests.
This underused type of care can help in stroke recovery, report says
Dec 16, 2024
Stroke survivors often don't get palliative care once they leave the hospital, but it can improve quality of life for them and their family members, a new science report finds.
After a stroke at age 30, she had to learn how to walk again
Nov 25, 2024
Honey German woke up having a stroke. She wants others to know it can happen to anyone at any age.
Fluctuating cholesterol in older adults tied to increased dementia risk
Nov 12, 2024
Older adults with cholesterol levels that go up and down from year to year may face greater risks for cognitive decline and dementia than their peers with more stable cholesterol levels, preliminary new research suggests.
Starting bystander CPR within 10 minutes of cardiac arrest may improve survival
Nov 11, 2024
People who get bystander CPR within the first 10 minutes of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may have higher chances for survival and intact brain function, new research suggests.