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Smoking 'causes stroke'RSS Feed
Smoking causes the brain injury seen in some cases of stroke, new findings have indicated.
Research presented at the Canadian Stroke Congress revealed that as well as being twice as likely to suffer a stroke, smokers tend to experience the cardiovascular event at a significantly younger age than their non-smoking counterparts.
The average age of stroke patients who smoked was found to be 58, in comparison to 67 for non-smokers.
Study author Dr Andrew Pipe, of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, commented: "The information from this study provides yet another important piece of evidence about the significance of helping people stop smoking.
"It also alerts the neurology community to the importance of addressing smoking in stroke patients."
In other news, cutting-edge technology could provide a bigger window of opportunity to treat some stroke patients, scientists have said.
A report published in journal Lancet Neurology found that imaging could measure blood flow to the brain after a stroke.
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