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Air pollution, high temperatures, and metabolic risk factors are driving large global increases in stroke cases and deaths, new data showed.

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Climate change and worsening diets are sending global rates of stroke and stroke deaths skyward, a new study warns.

Results show that cognitive decline, combined with factors like smoking, obesity, and chronic health conditions, sharply ...

Climate change and worsening diets are sending global rates of stroke and stroke deaths skyward, a new study warns.