{"id":920789,"date":"2026-10-04T22:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T22:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/920789\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T22:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T22:36:10","slug":"more-young-adults-having-strokes-now-than-30-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/920789\/","title":{"rendered":"More young adults having strokes now than 30 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More young adults having strokes now than 30 years ago<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5e90d004-2e55-45a8-aee9-8bf7fd9b1261_1686321120.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Ed Harding\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/079e7535-2c89-4182-8956-2f3835182479_1479135344.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Maria Stephanos\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Strokes are often thought of as a condition affecting older adults, but new national data show strokes among younger adults have doubled over the past 30 years.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\"> That trend has doctors searching for answers while urging younger people not to ignore warning signs or skip routine medical care. <\/p>\n<p>Why researchers are concerned<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuftsmedicine.org\/doctor\/michelle-leppert2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dr. Michelle Leppert<\/a>, a vascular neurologist at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, said researchers still do not fully understand what is driving the increase.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Some experts point to a rise in certain risk factors, such as high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol, but Leppert said it can&#8217;t be the only explanation. Otherwise, she would expect to see a similar increase in heart attacks among young adults &#8212; and there isn&#8217;t one.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Leppert also noted that strokes are occurring more often in women under 45 than in men, highlighting the need for more research. <\/p>\n<p>Know the warning signs<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Leppert emphasized the American Stroke Association\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.heart.org\/news\/knowing-stroke-signs-can-save-a-life-when-every-minute-counts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BE FAST<\/a> mnemonic for recognizing stroke symptoms:<\/p>\n<p>Balance problemsEye or vision changesFace droopingArm weaknessSpeech difficultiesTime to call for emergency care<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">\u201cThe faster you can get in, the better chance we have of reversing these symptoms,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">She said younger adults should not ignore sudden headaches or any new neurological symptoms. <\/p>\n<p>Reducing your risk<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"14\">Leppert\u2019s advice for young adults is straightforward: don\u2019t skip your annual wellness visits. Even healthy people in their 20s, 30s and 40s may have risk factors that can be identified during routine checkups. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"15\">She also said young women who experience <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmigrainefoundation.org\/resource-library\/migraine-stroke-reducing-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">migraines with aura<\/a> should talk with their health care provider about birth control options that do not contain any estrogen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More young adults having strokes now than 30 years ago Strokes are often thought of as a condition&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":920790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[61026,49,48,317040,2985,317037,42453,84,2776,40745,16866,33294,317039,317038,9593,6363,12078,8355,239378,317042,317041,6771,2552],"class_list":["post-920789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-balance","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-certain-risk-factor","tag-diabetes","tag-dr-michelle-leppert","tag-eye","tag-health","tag-heart","tag-high-blood-pressure","tag-increase","tag-jsnd","tag-leppert","tag-more-young-adult","tag-researcher","tag-statistics","tag-stroke","tag-trend","tag-tufts-medical-center","tag-vision-change","tag-warning-sign","tag-woman","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/920790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}