The frequency of brain bleeds has stabilized among most age groups over the last three decades, but not among seniors 75 and older, according to a new analysis of the Framingham Heart Study.
“We are not advocating that people stop taking statins or anticoagulants,” senior study author and neurologist Dr. Sudha Seshadri said in a statement. “Those therapies reduce the risk of ischemic strokes, which represent approximately nine of every 10 strokes, with intracerebral hemorrhages representing the other tenth.”