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Title: Cirrhosis Is Linked With a Higher Risk of Stroke
Post by: Hep Editors on June 28, 2017, 10:05:12 am

People with cirrhosis of the liver have a higher risk of stroke, in particular hemorrhagic stroke, which entails bleeding in the brain, MedPage Today reports.

Publishing their findings in JAMA Neurology, researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study of Medicare data covering 2008 to 2014. They drew a random sample of 1,618,059 Medicare beneficiaries older than 66.

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