1. Specific recommendations for prevention strategies often depend on the ischemic
stroke/transient ischemic attack subtype. Therefore, new in this guideline is a section …

Multiple factors combined are currently recognized as contributors to cognitive decline. The
main independent risk factor for cognitive impairment and dementia is advanced age …

The average life expectancy of the world population has increased remarkably in the past
150 years and it is still increasing. A long life is a dream of humans since the beginning of …

Objective To examine the association between alcohol consumption and risk of dementia.
Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Civil service departments in London (Whitehall II …

The management of patients with stroke is often multidisciplinary, involving various
specialties and healthcare professionals. Given the common shared risk factors for stroke …

Background National investigations on age-specific modifiable risk factor profiles for
cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality are scarce in China, the country that is …

Abstract The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) define chronic diseases as
conditions that last 1 year or more and that require ongoing medical attention or limit …

Obesity, diabetes, and hypertension have increased by epidemic proportions in recent years
among African Americans in comparison to Whites resulting in significant adverse …

Importance Excessive alcohol consumption is associated with increased incidence of
several medical conditions, but few nonveteran, population-based studies have assessed …

Objective To determine how a vegetarian diet affects stroke incidence in 2 prospective
cohorts and to explore whether the association is modified by dietary vitamin B12 intake …