Stroke

While other studies have found a link between loneliness and a higher risk of stroke, they have mostly examined a single point in time, as opposed to loneliness as a more chronic condition that extends over time. Former Harvard Pop Center Graduate…

This study published in the journal Stroke aims to build upon (and refine) existing evidence linking depression to higher risk of stroke by assessing the relationship between depressive symptoms and stroke risk over time, “given the…

Joel Salinas, MD, is an author on a study that, using data from the Framingham Heart Study, revealed that a particular whole blood microRNA (miR-574-3p) expression was significantly lower in participants with chronic stroke, signaling the need for…

Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman, PhD, and faculty member Joel Salinas, MD, are among the authors on a paper published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions that reveals…

While persistent depression is associated with increased risk of stroke, the findings of a study by Pop Center faculty members Laura Kubzansky, Ichiro Kawachi, and Maria Glymour, and colleagues, suggest that this elevated risk can be eliminated if…

Harvard Pop Center faculty member Laura Kubzansky, PhD, and Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars program alumna Rebecca Thurston, PhD, are authors on a paper in Health Psychology that expands on the research linking positive psychological…

Harvard Pop Center faculty members Laura Kubzansky, PhD,  Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD, and M. Maria Glymour, ScD, are co-authors on a ground-breaking study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association that indicates that even when…

We’ve long known that anxiety puts people at risk for coronary heart disease, but now a nationally representative longitudinal study of the US population has shown that anxiety also increases the risk of stroke. Pop Center faculty member…