Science News from #ISC25
Pre-Con Sessions: February 4, 2025
ISC Sessions: February 5–7, 2025
Los Angeles Convention Center | Los Angeles, California
Welcome to #ISC25
This page is where you'll find an in-depth look at some of the biggest trials from the International Stroke Conference 2025.
We'll have study results, exclusive interviews, data summaries, and insights from key AHA thought leaders.
Check back on Wednesday, February 5 for updated science (released at time of publication.)
2025 Important Links
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Other Science of Note
Dental flossing may lower the risk for incident ischemic stroke, cardioembolic stroke subtype and AF
Souvik Sen | University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina
- News Release: Regular dental flossing may lower risk of stroke from blood clots, irregular heartbeats
Streptococcus anginosus Enrichment in the Gut is a Feature of Stroke and a Predictor of Poor Prognosis
Shuichi Tonomura | The National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (NCVC), Osaka, Japan
Leukocyte Telomere Length as a Predictor of Age-Related Brain Diseases: Evidence from the UK Biobank
Savvina Prapiadou | Mass General Brigham Health Center, Lynn, Massachusetts
- News Release: Biomarker tied to premature cell aging may signal stroke, dementia, late-life depression
Rapid prehospital diagnosis of intracerebral hemorrhage in acute stroke patients by measuring GFAP on a point-of-care platform (DETECT study)
Love-Preet Kalra | RKH Klinikum, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Implementation of increased physical therapy intensity for improving walking across inpatient stroke rehabilitation units: Primary results of the Walk ‘n Watch multi-site stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial
Janice J Eng | University of British Colombia, Vancouver, Canada
- News Release: Changing therapy practice to add higher-intensity walking improves early stroke recovery
Association Between Electrocardiographic Age and Cognitive Performance
Bernard Ofosuhene | UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
- News Release: ECG tests may someday be used by AI model to detect premature aging and cognitive decline
Association of the Mediterranean Diet with White Matter Integrity Among Hispanics/Latinos. Final Results from the Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging-MRI (SOL-INCA-MRI) Ancillary Study
Gabriela Trifan | University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- News Release: Eating a Mediterranean-style diet improved brain health in study of Hispanic/Latino adults | Spanish News Release