Meat dodgers have a 20% greater chance of a
haemorrhagic stroke - where a blood vessel bursts and bleeds into the brain - found the Oxford University study of 48,000 adults with an average age of 45.
An aortic aneurysm affects the body's main artery while brain aneurysm causes
haemorrhagic stroke that leads to brain damage and death.
Although ischaemic stroke accounted for the majority of strokes, the proportion of
haemorrhagic stroke in China is still higher than that in high income countries.
According to a trial in The Lancet, tranexamic acid reduced the risk of fatality in the early days after a
haemorrhagic stroke.
In particular, daily egg consumers (up to one egg/day) had a 26 percent lower risk of
haemorrhagic stroke - the type of stroke with a higher prevalence rate in China than in high-income countries - a 28 percent lower risk of
haemorrhagic stroke death and an 18 percent lower risk of CVD death.
According to a trial in The Lancet, tranexamic acid reduced the risk of fatality in the early days after a
haemorrhagic stroke. Although a fifth of strokes are bleeds, they account for nearly half of stroke deaths globally.
Liu et al., "Risk factors for ischaemic and intracerebral
haemorrhagic stroke in 22 countries (the INTERSTROKE study): a case-control study," The Lancet, vol.
Group-II comprised of 16 patients of
haemorrhagic stroke who were identified on the basis of focal neurological deficit accompanied by headache, loss of consciousness and on the basis of CT scan findings.
"We are currently funding a number of smaller studies focusing on stroke prevention, including blood pressure management, treatments for atrial fibrillation (AF), and the prevention of
haemorrhagic stroke.
The two types of stroke are ischaemic and
haemorrhagic stroke.
Based on application, the market is segmented into ischemic stroke and
haemorrhagic stroke.
Researchers found that compared to people who never ate fruit, those who ate fruit daily cut their CVD risks by 25-40 percent- around 15 percent for ischaemic heart disease (IHD), around 25 per cent for ischaemic stroke and 40 percent for
haemorrhagic stroke, Khaleej Times reported.