The risk factors for stroke and dementia are the same, and a growing body of evidence demonstrates that preventing stroke can also prevent some dementias. Now, a group of experts led by Western University Professor, Dr. Vladimir Hachinski and international...
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Western’s Vladimir Hachinski wins 2018 Killam Prize
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvxHDXD4Tnw Western University’s Vladimir Hachinski – past president of the World Federation of Neurology and a world-renowned stroke expert – is a 2018 Killam Prize winner for health sciences. The Canada Council for the Arts announced...
Stroke prevention among older Ontarians may also reduce risk of some dementias
Ontario’s stroke prevention strategy appears to be having an unexpected, beneficial side effect: a reduction also in the incidence of dementia among older seniors. A new paper by researchers at Western University, Lawson Health Research Institute and the Institute for...
Western University researchers call for more intensive testing for atrial fibrillation following stroke
Researchers at Western University hope their systematic review of almost 12,000 patients will raise awareness among physicians about the need for more extensive testing for atrial fibrillation, or heart rhythm disturbances, following a stroke or transient ischemic...