There is a gap in the healthcare system: If you are asymptomatic -- meaning you are not yet sick and feel well -- but have risk factors such as age, family history of disease, or certain health conditions, our nation’s system is not well designed to take preventive steps towards your good health. We are quite good at treating illness once symptoms occur; but for many diseases like stroke, the first symptom is a stroke. Four out of five stroke victims have no apparent symptoms or warning signs.
There is a gap in the healthcare system: If you are asymptomatic --
meaning you are not yet sick and feel well -- but have risk factors
such as age, family history of disease, or certain health
conditions, our nation’s system is not...
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Life Line Screening answered:There is a gap in the healthcare system: If you are asymptomatic -- meaning you are not yet sick and feel well -- but have risk factors such as age, family history of disease, or certain health conditions, our nation’s system is not well designed to take preventive steps towards your good health. We are quite good at treating illness once symptoms occur; but for many diseases like stroke, the first symptom is a stroke. Four out of five stroke victims have no apparent symptoms or warning signs.
