COVID-19 carries a higher stroke risk than similar infectious conditions, the authors explained, making it especially important to seek out a vaccine as soon as possible.

Icosapent ethyl is an FDA-approved medication typically prescribed to limit triglycerides in the blood.

While countries around the world have shared concerns, the World Health Organization and European Medicines Agency both still support the use of the vaccine. 

Eating a healthy plant-based diet—meaning a diet high in plant-based foods, not necessarily one that is exclusively plant-based—has been linked with lowering a person’s overall stroke risk by up to 10%.

These strokes are a "critical sign of ill health" and are often followed by other serious vascular issues, a group of specialists warned. 

The study's authors tracked nearly 7,000 adult AD patients who were treated from 2001 to 2013.

The study included data from nearly 17 million adults who received treatment from 2005 to 2011. Researchers compared the stroke rates of patients with atrial fibrillation and those without it. 

Shockwave Medical announced Tuesday, Feb. 16, that intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) has gained FDA approval for the treatment of severely calcified coronary artery disease.