Pages tagged with "Stroke"

153 pages, most important first (overviews, then meta-analyses, then RCTs, then newest). Combine with another topic

• Overview Stroke and vitamin D
• Resveratrol improves health (Vitamin D receptor, etc.) - many studies
• Blood clotting (Thrombosis) and low Vitamin D - many studies
• Stroke and Vitamin D meta-analyses - many studies
• Vitamin K, cardiovascular health, and stroke - many studies
• CYP2R1 gene reduces response to Vitamin D - many studies
• Ischemic Stroke and Vitamin D - many studies
• Nerve cells and Vitamin D – many studies
• More Cognitive Impairment after some types of stroke if low vitamin D - many studies
• Stroke outcomes worse if high level of Iron - several studies
• Ischemic Stroke risk reduced by 2.5 if have good level of vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Vitamin D is the best Vitamin to prevent a stroke - meta-analysis
• Recurrent Stroke 5X more-likely if very low vitamin D - meta-analysis
• Ignoring dose size etc, meta-analysis concludes that Vitamin D does not help (stroke risk in this case)
• Stroke 22 percent more likely if low Vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Stroke risks increased if low Vitamin D: Death 3.6 X, recurrence 5.5 X – Meta-analysis
• 50 percent fewer strokes with vitamin D, even though ignored dose size – meta-analysis
• Cerebrovascular disease 40 percent less likely if high level of vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Vitamin D associated with 50 percent less ischemic stroke – meta-analysis
• Better outcome following Ischemic stroke if injected with 600,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT
• Improved recovery from ischemic stroke with Vitamin D (300,000 IU injection) – RCT
• Ischaemic stroke – Vitamin D doubled survival (Injection followed by monthly 60,000 IU) – RCT
• Stroke patients need more than 2,000 IU of vitamin D (found this time in Japan) – RCT
• Poor blood-brain barrier following stroke if low vitamin D (in rats) – RCT
• Silent strokes and white-matter damage 1.4X more likely with the most ultra-processed food
• Hypertension - 4 hour video of 6 experts
• Low vitamin D and high homocysteine often go together, but treating both is unproven for heart attack or stroke - review
• Microplastics in Artery Plaque Predict a 4.5X Higher Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, or Death
• 5 warning signs of a stroke
• Strokes treated by fast-acting Vitamin D (rodents thus far)
• Variety of evidence that Vitamin D helps the brain
• Blood in the brain is about 2X more likely if low Vitamin D
• After a TIA, the risk of ischemic stroke reduced 2.4X by a single loading dose of Vitamin D
• Nerveous System disabilities - half of the US (Vitamin D helps)
• Vitamin D and neurodegenerative diseases
• 17 Risk Factors for Stroke, Dementia and Depression (Vitamin D reduces 10 of them)
• Reduction of Post-Stroke Depression, Dementia, Delirium, and Fatigue if higher vitamin D
• Higher risk of Hypertension, Diabetes, and Stroke if near large body of water (microplastics)
• ALL of the top 10 health problems of women are associated with low vitamin D
• More than 50% increase per decade: asthma, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, etc. - 2025
• 5X lower Cardiovascular death rate in regions consuming more fish and vegetables, (and lower obesity)
• Major heart problems if have less than 15 ng of Vitamin D
• Water-soluble form of vitamins are needed for some health problems
• Stroke
• Strokes are both prevented and treated by Vitamin D
• Hemorrhagic Stroke – increased risk if low vitamin D
• Half the number of hemorrhagic strokes if have lots of vitamin D (male rats)
• Hemorrhagic stroke death reduced if add calcitriol (mice)
• Macular Degeneration increases risk of hemorrhagic stroke by 6X
• Deep Vein Thrombosis during ischemic stroke rehab was 4.7 X more likely if low vitamin D
• Ischemic strokes half as large if had good level of vitamin D (mice)
• Vitamin D deficiency promotes intracranial aneurysm rupture (mice)
• Post-stroke Vitamin D supplementation helped in 11 ways
• Cardiovascular Disease plus Stroke will cost the US a Trillon dollars annually by 2032 (Vitamin D not mentioned) – AHA
• Intracranial arterial calcification in 85 percent of ischemic strokes (Vitamin K and Vitamin D should help)
• Large vessel Ischemic Stroke 13 X more likely if low vitamin D
• Ischemic stroke 17 X more likely if low vitamin D
• Vitamin D levels drop after ischemic stroke
• Death after Ischemic Stroke 2.5 X more likely if less than 10 ng of Vitamin D
• Poor Ischemic stroke outcome (END) 2.6 X worse if low vitamin D
• High Omega-3 reduced risk of Ischemic stroke by 18%
• Stroke 3 times more likely if dark skin woman has Hypertension before age 35
• Low Vitamin D associated with CHD, stroke, death, etc, (Mendelian analhysis)
• After stroke, 40% less likely to die if 400 mg of Magnesium daily
• 100 mg more Magnesium in water associated with 8 percent reduction in stroke
• Poor Acute Ischemic Stroke 4X more likely if low Vitamin D
• Doctors Still Struggle to Diagnose a Condition That Kills More Than Stroke (Sepsis, Vitamin D helps)
• Inhaling Vitamin D nanoemulsion through nose gets lots more to the brain (mice)
• 8X increased risk of stroke if COVID vaccinated and catch COVID within 3 weeks
• Inflammation of small blood vessels in the brain is associated with low vitamin D
• MAGNESIUM IN MAN - IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH AND DISEASE – review 2015
• 5X fewer hip fractures from Parkinson – Alzheimer – Stroke with enough sun
• Sleep quality 6X worse after stroke if low vitamin D
• Stroke prevention and rehabilitation with vitamin D
• Vitamin D also provides COVID Neuroprotection
• COVID and CVD deadly pandemics share a risk factor: low vitamin D
• How Vitamin D can fight cerebrovascular diseases (stroke, TIA, aneurysm)
• Stroke is strongly associated with Calcification of cerebral arteries (perhaps low Vitamin D, Vitamin K, Mg…)
• Resveratrol fights Parkinson, Alzheimers, Diabetes, Cardiovascular, ALS, Stroke, etc.
• Stroke – many MRI measures are strongly associated with low vitamin D
• Fewer white spots in MRI brain scans if had more vitamin D
• Following a stroke, 10 ng less vitamin D associated with 2X more white matter hyperintensities
• Most COVID patients had sticky blood platelets (Omega-3 helps)
• Elderly vaccinated for COVID were 2X more likely to die of ischemic stroke (2930 vs 1180 deaths)
• Post-stroke fatigue cut in half by Vitamin D (just 600 IU daily in 3 months)
• Post-stroke depression not reduced by 2,000 IU of vitamin D (not a surprise)
• Stroke rehabilitation (and prevention) requires Vitamin D actually getting to cells
• Stroke not prevented by just 2,000 IU of vitamin D plus 840 mg Omega-3 (VITAL)
• Omega-3 and Vitamin D each treat many mental health problems
• Stroke patients getting weekly 50,000 IU Vitamin D did better – trial
• 1.3X higher risk of severe Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular problems if low Vitamin D (50 million people)
• Vitamin D deficiency associated with increased risk of many health problems in 58,000,000 Americans
• UVB phototherapy (which increases Vitamin D and VDR) decreased risk of many heart and stroke problems
• Stroke outcome at 3 months was 3X worse if bad stroke and low vitamin D
• Stroke incidence not associated with low Vitamin D (but stroke outcome is)
• Increased health problems in blacks is similar to that of low vitamin D whites (John Singleton Stroke)
• Stroke in young adult increases risk of death by 5X during next 15 years
• Stroke recovery was aided by vitamin D and Progesterone (in rats)
• Strokes result in many years of disability (Vitamin D can help) GBD
• Death within 2 years of surviving an ischemic stroke 10X less likely if high vitamin D
• Stroke mortality 3X worse among seniors with less than 26 ng of vitamin D
• Following strokes, brain scans (MRI) 3X worse in those having low vitamin D
• Vitamin D and neurological diseases such as stroke, Vascular Dementia, PD, MS
• Strokes 3 X worse if low vitamin D
• Low vitamin D at time of stroke predicts 3 X more likely to die in a month (unless add Vit D)
• Depression is associated with stroke if low vitamin D or winter
• Depression following a stroke is 2.7 X more likely if low vitamin D
• Full-fat dairy reduced heart disease by 22 percent and stroke by 34 percent (136,000 people, 9 years)
• Cerebral small vessel disease 2.5 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor
• Stroke outcome 6.9 X worse if black and overweight (all three related via low vitamin D)
• Migraines double the risk of strokes (both are associated with low vitamin D)
• Ischaemic Stroke has less impact in animals supplemented with Omega-3
• Lipoprotein(a) triples the risk of heart attack or stroke unless add Vitamin D, etc.
• Stroke or coronary heart disease deaths 30% less likely if had taken more than 440 IU of vitamin D (900,000 patient years)
• Ischemic stroke 5 times more likely to recur if very low vitamin D
• Post stroke Calcitriol injections reduced edema and cell death (in rats)
• Stroke 74% less likely if high vitamin D (7,295 women 20-50 years old)
• Twice as many fatal strokes among whites who were low on vitamin D
• Ischemic stroke and low vitamin D – 3X higher risk of poor outcome, 6 X higher risk of a second stroke,
• Vascular dementia (after strokes) 32X more likely in Hypertensives with low vitamin D
• Much higher death rate 10 years after TIA – Nov 2011 – vitamin D might help
• Stroke is 13.5 X more likely if low vitamin D and high blood pressure
• Stroke rate increased 85 percent in young women in large cities in the Western US in a decade
• Stroke rates increasing in youth and decreasing in elderly (perhaps due to Vitamin D)
• Risk of Ischemic Stroke doubles if take more than 1 gram of Calcium daily for years
• Twice as likely to die during neurological critical care if low vitamin D
• Retinal venous occlusions (eye stroke) 133 X more likely if low vitamin D
• Following a stroke, a hip fracture is 6X more likely if low vitamin D
• Ischemic Stroke risk best predicted by Vitamin D, including PTH improves the prediction
• Second stroke 2X more likely if low vitamin D
• Second stroke 8X more likely if very low vitamin D
• Blacks with strokes having low Vitamin D were 3 times more likely to have cognitive impairment
• Both Spinal cord injury and stroke with one side disabled have similar low levels of vitamin D
• Post stroke depression 9X more likely if low vitamin D
• Ischemic Stroke with low vitamin D resulted in larger lesions
• Cardiovascular Disease and vitamin D – no proof yet
• Stroke results in 8 years of cognitive decline (vitamin D not mentioned)
• Links between Vitamin D Deficiency and Cardiovascular Diseases
• Cardiovascular Diseases and Vitamin D – Review
• No longer depressed, but risk of stroke is still 1.7X higher (did not consider low vitamin D)
• Stroke when less than 75 years old and with low vitamin D – 3X more likely to die in 1 year
• Stroke patients with low vitamin D were 10X more likely to become depressed
• Ischemic Stroke 3X more likely if Vitamin D Receptor gene change (Fok 1)
• Ischemic stroke 2X more likely if Vitamin D Receptor gene problem
• Thrombosis (leads to stroke) worse with low vitamin D
• Acute ischemic stroke 19 percent more likely if even lower vitamin D
• Strokes might be treated as well as prevented by vitamin D
• Low vitamin D is a risk factor for vascular diseases in African Americans
• Only vitamin D helped prevent falls after stroke
• Moderate and severe strokes 2X associated with low vitamin D – 2012
• Too much and too little Calcium both increase death after strokes
• Stroke patients show dearth of vitamin D – 2005
• 80 percent recent increase in Strokes following pregnancy