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Bruce Neal

Researcher at The George Institute for Global Health

Publications -  620
Citations -  109123

Bruce Neal is an academic researcher from The George Institute for Global Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Blood pressure. The author has an hindex of 108, co-authored 561 publications receiving 87213 citations. Previous affiliations of Bruce Neal include National Institutes of Health & University of the Western Cape.

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Canagliflozin and Heart Failure in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Results From the CANVAS Program.

TL;DR: The CANVAS Program (Canagliflozin Cardiovascular Assessment Study) as mentioned in this paper enrolled 10 142 participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus and high cardiovascular risk and reported the effects on heart failure and cardiovascular death overall, in those with and without a baseline history of heart failure.
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Association of Mean Platelet Volume With Risk of Stroke Among 3134 Individuals With History of Cerebrovascular Disease

TL;DR: In the Perindopril Protection Against Recurrent Stroke Study (PROGRESS) as discussed by the authors, the risk of stroke was positively associated with the mean platelet volume (MPV), with an 11% increased relative risk (95% CI, 3% to 19%) of stroke per femtoliter greater MPV.
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Chronic diseases now a leading cause of death in rural India—mortality data from the Andhra Pradesh Rural Health Initiative

TL;DR: Non-communicable and chronic diseases are the leading causes of death in this part of rural India and provides new insight into the rapid progression of epidemiological transition in rural India.
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Salt reduction initiatives around the world.

TL;DR: This is the first review to concisely summarize the most important elements of the many existing salt reduction programmes and highlight the characteristics most likely to be important to programme efficacy.
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Rapid Blood-Pressure Lowering in Patients With Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage

TL;DR: In this article, an ordinal analysis of the modified Rankin score was performed for patients with intracerebral hemorrhage and showed that intensive lowering of blood pressure did not result in a significant reduction in the rate of death or severe disability.