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Healthy diet

A healthy lifestyle cuts stroke risk, irrespective of genetic risk

25 Oct 2018

People at high genetic risk of stroke can still reduce their chance of having a stroke by sticking to a healthy lifestyle, in particular stopping...

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Travel to work

Ditching the car may reduce your risk of dying from heart disease and stroke by almost a third

22 May 2018

Is it time to ditch the car and find a more active way of getting to work? It could save your life, say Oliver Mytton and Jenna Panter from the MRC...

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pop life

One in ten stroke survivors need more help with taking medication

12 Mar 2018

Over a half of stroke patients require a degree of help with taking medicine and a sizeable minority say they do not receive as much assistance as...

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Stroke survivors and caregivers feel abandoned by health services, study finds

21 Feb 2018

A systematic review of studies focused on stroke survivors’ and carers’ experiences of primary care and community healthcare services has found that...

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Medications

Concerns over side effects of statins stopping stroke survivors taking medication

17 Jul 2017

Negative media coverage of the side effects associated with taking statins, and patients’ own experiences of taking the drugs, are among the reasons...

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Stroke survivors face ‘invisible impairments’ to return to work

06 Apr 2016

‘Invisible impairments’ can make it difficult for stroke survivors to maintain a job, according to a study from the University of Cambridge and Queen...

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Sphygmomanometer

Old drug performs new tricks

21 Sep 2015

Patients with the most dangerous type of high blood pressure will be able to receive far more effective treatment after Cambridge-led research...

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Combination of diabetes and heart disease substantially reduces life expectancy

07 Jul 2015

Life expectancy for people with a history of both cardiovascular disease and diabetes is substantially lower than for people with just one condition...

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Sleeping over eight hours a day associated with greater risk of stroke

25 Feb 2015

People who sleep for more than eight hours a day have an increased risk of stroke, according to a study by the University of Cambridge – and this...

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obesity

Apple shaped obesity as bad for heart as other obesity

21 Mar 2011

An international study of 220,000 people has challenged the idea that obese people who have an “apple shape” (fat deposits on the middle section of...

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