Each year in the United States 200,000 500,00bstract: 500,000 people have a transient ischemic attack (TIA). These episodes of brief neurologic deficits were thought to be fairly benign ...

Prescribing anti-clotting medications to adults younger than age 65 who have atrial fibrillation (AFib) but no other risk ...

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Most signs of a stroke come on suddenly and symptoms like speech slurring can appear more obvious - but not all indicators ...

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In the first large trial of its kind, the anti-clotting medication rivaroxaban did not lower the risk of cognitive decline ...

The signs of a stroke can appear suddenly, but some people will experience symptoms several days before they have a serious ...

Prescribing anti-clotting medications to adults younger than age 65 who have atrial fibrillation (AFib) but no other risk factors for stroke did not reduce the risk of cognitive decline, stroke or ...

AFib is the most common type of irregular heart rhythm in the U.S., and blood thinners, also known as anti-clotting ...

Risk factors for stroke include old age, hypertension (high blood pressure), previous stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), diabetes, high cholesterol, cigarette smoking and atrial fibrillation.

A neurological assessment is most commonly based on both subjective and objective data. Often there are no objective findings by the time the patient with TIA is seen by a healthcare professional ...