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Higher stroke risk linked to consuming certain amount of alcohol, study finds

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new study suggests that pouring a third drink could mean trouble for your brain.  Harvard researchers have found that people who drink three or more alcoholic drinks a day may suffer a stroke more than a decade earlier than people who drink less. The research — which was published this week …

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Kim Kardashian’s brain aneurysm scare: Doctors reveal warning signs to never ignore

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kim Kardashian is opening up about being diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. The Skims founder, 45, announced in a preview clip of Season 7 of Hulu’s “The Kardashians” that her doctors discovered the condition during an MRI scan, telling her family, “There was a little aneurysm.” The cause has not been identified, …

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Rare neck condition could turn salon hair-washing into dangerous stroke risk

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Most of us think of a salon shampoo as a moment of relaxation, when we get to lean back and let the stylist wash and rinse our hair.  But for a very small number of people, that innocuous posture can set off a cascade of vascular injury known as beauty parlor stroke …

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Cannabis use raises risk of heart attack and stroke more than cocaine, other drugs, major review suggests

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The potential risk of cannabis use has been in the spotlight following recent research pointing toward negative health effects. This includes a new meta-analysis by French researchers, published in the journal Heart, which reviewed multiple studies to assess the link between cannabis and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). The researchers analyzed data …

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Stanford researchers develop ‘game-changing’ stroke treatment that doubles effectiveness

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Researchers at Stanford University say they have developed a more effective way to treat strokes. The new technology, called the milli-spinner thrombectomy, has been shown to have more successful outcomes for patients who have experienced strokes, as well as heart attacks, pulmonary embolisms and other clot-related diseases, according to a press release …

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Experimental cholesterol pill cuts heart attack risk with ‘convenient’ once-daily dose

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new daily pill could provide an easier, more convenient way to lower cholesterol and reduce heart attack and stroke risk. The experimental medication, called Obicetrapib, underwent a Phase 3 clinical trial at Monash University in Australia. The trial included more than 2,500 people averaging 65 years of age. All had either …

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Boy, 6, suffers life-threatening stroke that causes paralysis: ‘Rare complication’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Christmas Eve is usually an evening of fun and festivity — but for one Illinois family in 2023, it came with a life-threatening medical emergency. After enjoying a few holiday traditions, the Patton family had just gotten settled at the dinner table when Preston Patton, who was 6 years old at the …

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Mini-strokes may cause surprising long-term health issue, experts warn

Prolonged fatigue could indicate poor sleep habits — but it could also be a lingering effect of mini-strokes. That’s according to a new study from Aalborg University Hospital in Denmark, which was published this week in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).  A mini-stroke — medically known as a transient ischemic attack (TIA) — is …

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