Data from Israel: myocarditis after Covid vaccines remain rare, highest risk in young males
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Myocarditis after BNT162b2 Vaccination in Israeli Adolescents
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DALLAS, May 13, 2021 Higher body mass index (BMI) in adolescence is associated with a significantly higher risk of first ischemic stroke in adults under age 50 regardless of whether they had Type 2 diabetes, according to new research published today in
Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.
While rates of adolescent obesity and stroke among adults under the age of 50 years continue to rise around the world, the precise link between the two conditions is still not fully understood. Adults who survive stroke earlier in life face poor functional outcomes, which can lead to unemployment, depression and anxiety, said study co-author Gilad Twig, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., an associate professor in the Medical Corps of the Israel Defense Forces and the department of military medicine, Faculty of Medicine of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. The direct and indirect costs attributed to stroke prevention and ca