Stroke Prevention
Study links Mediterranean-style diet to lower stroke risk in women over two decades
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Women who most closely followed a Mediterranean-style diet were less likely to experience stroke over about 21 years of follow-up, according to research published Feb. 4, 2026, in Neurology Open Access. The observational study found lower rates of both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke among participants with the highest diet-adherence scores, though it cannot prove the diet itself prevented strokes.
A large Mayo Clinic study reports that current guidelines fail to detect nearly 90% of people with familial hypercholesterolemia, a common inherited cause of dangerously high cholesterol and early heart disease. Researchers analyzed exome data from more than 84,000 participants and found that most would not have been selected for standard genetic testing. Expanding routine DNA screening, they say, could help identify at-risk individuals earlier and prevent severe cardiovascular outcomes.