People 70 years of age and older taking LDL cholesterol-lowering therapy for primary prevention have the same reduction in major vascular events as their younger counterparts, new research confirms.
Despite surgical advances, adding extracranial-intracranial bypass to medical therapy does not reduce stroke or death in symptomatic occlusion of the internal carotid or middle cerebral artery.
A World Health Organization report indicates that simple and cheap medications and care are not being used and that most patients receiving treatment do not have controlled blood pressure.
The Ralph L. Sacco Scholarships in Brain Health are supported by a generous bequest to the American Academy of Neurology and American Heart Association from Sacco, who died earlier this year.