While warfarin offers the best protection against stroke, it can also cause serious bleeding and other problems.

"We have no idea whether smoking marijuana would be beneficial against stroke," he said.

Statins even protect against stroke in people who do not have heart disease or high cholesterol.2 Controlling diabetes.

Anticoagulant medicine, such as warfarin, provides the best protection against stroke, if you can take it.

The study is the first to suggest that estrogen protects against stroke.

First, it is not known whether all drugs that lower blood pressure also protect against heart attack and stroke.

Conversely, aspirin confers some protection against first stroke in people who have had a myocardial infarction or those with a high cardiovascular risk.

Further studies are needed to investigate a possible protective effect of aspirin against ischemic stroke in women.

But its use against stroke is still in the research stage, and there have been serious doubts about the safety of clot-dissolving treatment for stroke patients.

Warfarin can help protect against stroke, if you can take it safely.