Laura Williamson American Heart Association News Flossing regularly may lower the risk of some strokes as well as a type of irregular heart rhythm that can increase stroke risk, new research suggests.

Compared with thrombotic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke has more than double the odds of diagnostic delay in pregnant and postpartum patients.

The researchers also looked at the risk of specific types of ischemic stroke: thrombotic strokes, caused by a blood clot in large arteries in the brain; cardioembolic strokes, caused by a clot ...

The researchers also looked at the risk of specific types of ischemic stroke: thrombotic strokes, caused by a blood clot in large arteries in the brain; cardioembolic strokes, caused by a clot ...

Hemorrhagic stroke has more than double the odds of diagnostic delay in pregnant and postpartum patients. Pregnant and postpartum patients with hemorrhagic stroke had more than double the odds of ...

Dental flossing is associated with a lower risk for ischemic and cardioembolic stroke and atrial fibrillation.

Contemporary estrogen-progestin contraceptives are associated with an increased risk for ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction.

During the follow-up period, 434 strokes were identified. Of these 146 were thrombotic, 102 cardioembolic, and 95 lacunar subtypes. Researchers controlled for a number of factors including age ...