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A new study suggests COVID-19 can lead to strokes across the world
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Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
Does COVID-19 lead to strokes?
The new study — done by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem — found that coronavirus patients tend to have an increased risk of getting a stroke. The findings were published in the medical journal Stroke.
In many cases, these patients did not have any typical COVID-19 symptoms or a preexisting factor for strokes.
Per The Times of Israel, the study found those who had a stroke were “under 55, and the same proportion lacked obvious vascular risk factors like high blood pressure, diabetes or smoking.”