Publications by authors named "Nadezda M Sternic"
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- Stroke is a major cause of death and disability globally, and diabetes increases the risk of stroke due to accelerated aging of blood vessels.
- High blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia) are correlated with worse stroke outcomes, but lowering glucose doesn't necessarily improve recovery or prevent strokes in diabetic patients.
- Prediabetes, a precursor to type 2 diabetes, is a significant risk factor for developing diabetes and strokes, and various methods are available to diagnose it, such as measuring fasting plasma glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin levels.
Vertigo is a common symptom in everyday clinical practice. The treatment depends on the specific etiology. Vertigo may be secondary to inner ear pathology, or any existing brainstem or cerebellar lesion but may also be psychogenic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this study was to investigate the most frequent comorbid diseases occurring in patients with cluster headache (CH) and, for comparison, in migraine patients. Over a period of eight years 130 patients with CH and 982 patients with migraine were diagnosed according to ICHD-II criteria. In all patients the presence and type of different diseases were assessed from medical records and coded by the ICD, X revision.
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