Overview
- Neurologists emphasize immediate recognition and treatment, noting a goal of care within the hospital’s golden hour and an estimated loss of about 2 million neurons each minute of delay.
- Specialists single out hypertension as the dominant modifiable risk, with Spain’s neurology society issuing guidance and WHO-cited data indicating up to 80% of strokes are preventable.
- Reports highlight a rising share of cases in younger adults, with Lancet analyses projecting global stroke deaths could rise by roughly 50% by 2050.
- A new Argentina poll finds 69% say they know what a stroke is but only 38% would know how to react, as the country records about 60,000 events a year — roughly one every 10 minutes.
- Hospitals showcase protocolized responses such as stroke codes and tele‑stroke networks, with Peru’s EsSalud reporting 13,362 patients treated in 2025 and a case saved through rapid intravenous thrombolysis in under 45 minutes.