November 12, 2019 Addiction Young cannabis smoker’s stroke risk may double or it may not because this is an observational study with many confounding factors. More rigourous studies are required to determine if this is true.
October 23, 2019 Cardiovascular Diesase Blood pressure pills taken at night are more efficacious according to study.
March 19, 2019 Cardiovascular Diesase Aspirin is not recommended to prevent heart attack for people who have never had one. The risks and harms exceeds the benefit in this case.
September 11, 2017 Addiction We already know nicotine can temporarily increase blood pressure. So does caffeine.
September 8, 2017 Neurology Three times a small number is still a small number with respect to stroke risk in pregnancy
November 16, 2016 Cardiovascular Diesase Why should media tout a conference-based, unpublished, non-peer-reviewed study about heartburn meds’ risk of causing stroke? Answer: They shouldn’t
November 15, 2016 Cardiovascular Diesase New U.S guidelines for statin use for everyone over 40 needs careful consideration of risks vs benefits and is certainly not for everyone
September 2, 2016 Neurology 16 year-old boy develops stroke after receiving a hickey? Maybe, but autopsy may provide the evidence
December 9, 2015 General information Hemorrhagic stroke signs missed by doctors according to CMPA analysis