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International Stroke Conference 2020: Los Angeles Convention Center | Los Angeles, California
The International Stroke Conference is the world’s premier meeting dedicated to the science and treatment of cerebrovascular disease. From forming multiple, life-long collaborations with the best minds in the profession to hearing the very latest big trial results to the exceptional education and science, if you are involved in the stroke medical profession, ISC is […]
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New BASP (British Association of Stroke Physicians) President
Professor Gillian Mead, a geriatrition, has been announced as President Elect of the British Association of Stroke Physicians (BASP) for 2020-2021. Professor Mead clinical work has, for many years, included both acute stroke and rehabilitation. More recently she managed to set up a ‘life after stroke clinic’. She said in a recent interview that she […]
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Neurology in low and middle-income countries
The Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), Injuries, and Risk Factors Study produces the most comprehensive epidemiological estimates. Results yielded in 2017, indicated that cardiovascular diseases, including stroke, were the top cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. However, a re-analysis by the Neurology Collaborators of the 2016 GBD Study, spanning 15 disease categories that require specialist […]
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Decline in mortality from acute stroke in England
Stroke mortality rates have been declining in almost every country. Reduction in mortality could result from a decline in disease occurrence or a decline in case fatality, or both. A reduction in stroke event rates could result from better management of risk factors, achieved through lifestyle modification and prevention. In this week BMJ or British […]
