Stroke Prevention and Management The main primary preventive approaches for stroke are the promotion and maintenance of healthy lifestyle and blood pressure control. A healthy lifestyle includes not smoking (and smoking cessation for smokers), no binge drinking, being physically active, and a healthy diet characterized by adequate fruit and vegetable intake, reduced dietary trans fat […]
Stroke in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Increased stroke incidence is largely associated with aging and urbanization and propelled by the increasing prevalence of key risk factors, including history of hypertension, current smoking, diabetes mellitus, waist-to-hip ratio, diet risk score, physical inactivity, alcohol intake, psychosocial stress and depression, cardiac causes, and ratio of apolipoproteins B to […]