Geoffrey C. Cloud

Jul 11, 2024 | mja.com.au | Aletta E Schutte |Belinda Bennett |Clara Chow |Geoffrey C. Cloud

Med J Aust || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52373 Published online: 12 July 2024 Raised blood pressure or hypertension is by far the leading risk factor for preventable deaths in Australia, contributing to over 25 000 deaths annually (Supporting Information, figure 1 and figure 2),1,2,3 mainly due to stroke, heart disease, kidney disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and dementia.3,4 The reduction of blood pressure to less than 140/90 mmHg is only achieved in 32% of people with hypertension in...

Jul 11, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Aletta E Schutte |Belinda Bennett |Clara Chow |Geoffrey C. Cloud

Raised blood pressure or hypertension is by far the leading risk factor for preventable deaths in Australia, contributing to over 25 000 deaths annually (, figure 1 and figure 2),1-3 mainly due to stroke, heart disease, kidney disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and dementia.3, 4 The reduction of blood pressure to less than 140/90 mmHg is only achieved in 32% of people with hypertension in Australia, and control rates have stagnated for a decade (, figure 3).5, 6 As our control rates...

Jul 26, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Geoffrey C. Cloud |Jeff Williamson |Alzheimer’s Prevention |Cammie Tran

Key PointsQuestion  In a primary prevention setting, does long-term, daily low-dose aspirin treatment affect the incidence of stroke or intracerebral bleeding? Findings  This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial including 19 114 older adults found a statistically significant 38% increase in intracranial bleeding resulting from a combination of hemorrhagic stroke and other causes of intracerebral hemorrhage among individuals randomized to aspirin.