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A study presented at ISC 2025 shows elevated levels of Streptococcus (S.) anginosus – a type of bacteria present in the normal oral and gastrointestinal microflora – in the mouth and gut of recent stroke survivors in Japan.

Individuals with a persistently high or an increasing pattern of general and central obesity trajectories throughout middle and late life appear to be at greater risk of cognitive decline and developing dementia, a study has shown.

For survivors of intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) with atrial fibrillation (AF), the use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) works to prevent ischaemic stroke events, but this benefit appears to be offset by major bleeding side effects, as shown in the open-label, phase III PRESTIGE-AF trial.