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Could vitamins help in the fight against strokes? A review of 21 studies suggests so.

According to this study, over 90% of the global stroke burden is caused by modifiable risk factors. Achieving control of behavioral and metabolic risk factors could avert more than 3/4 of the global stroke burden.

Oxidative stress resulting from an increased amount of reactive oxygen species and an imbalance between oxidants and antioxidants has been implicated in pathogenesis of cerebral stroke. The purpose of the following study was to investigate if certain common genetic expressions reducing the effectiveness of glutathione were affecting the risk of...

A fresh avocado cut in halfA stroke is not something you want to have, everybody can agree on that. That’s why this research, including 90,137 women between the ages of 50 and 75 years, is so interesting(Seth A, et al. 2014).The participants were followed for an average of 11 years...

You don’t want to experience a stroke: you may not survive it, or it may leave you disabled. There are several things you can implement to help prevent strokes, but the research reviewed here investigated one very simple prevention technique. The investigators used published research to assess stroke events and...

We have all heard that olive oil is supposed to be healthy fat. The study reviewed here confirms that, since it may even help prevent stroke. The study investigated whether high olive oil consumption and high plasma oleic acid, a marker of olive oil intake, are associated with lower incidence...

  Non-fasting triglycerides mean the fat that is transported by your blood throughout the day. It has been common practice for many years to test the fasting level of triglycerides together with cholesterol. It is less common however to test the triglyceride levels during the day when we have been eating because...