Diet Soda Linked Vascular Risks; Salt Linked To Stroke Risk

Co-authors for the soda study are: Tatjana Rundek, M.D., Ph.D.; Clinton Wright, M.D., M.S.; Julio Vieira, B.A.; Mitchell S. Elkind, M.D., M.S.; and Ralph L. Sacco, M.D., M.S.

Co-authors for the sodium study are: Rundek; Wright; Norbelina Disla, B.A.; Elkind; and Sacco. Author disclosures are on the abstract.

Funding for both studies was provided by a Javits award from The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute.

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