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Stroke

Find out everything you need to know about stroke, including symptoms, treatment, causes, management and more.

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Find out everything you need to know about stroke, including symptoms, treatment, causes, management and more.When you get a headache, you might take aspirin and try to shrug it off. But sometimes a&nbs...

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Could You Be at a Higher Risk for Stroke and Not Know It?

Find out everything you need to know about stroke, including symptoms, treatment, causes, management and more.Often called “brain attacks,” strokes occur when disease or trauma suddenly disrupt b...

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Stroke: Why Time Lost Is Brain Lost

Find out everything you need to know about stroke, including symptoms, treatment, causes, management and more.Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. Like heart attacks, strokes happen s...

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5 Ways to Lower Your Stroke Risk Now

Find out everything you need to know about stroke, including symptoms, treatment, causes, management and more.About 80 percent of strokes are preventable—if you make little changes to your day. Learn about thes...

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How to Lower Stroke and Stroke-Provoking Blood Clots

Find out everything you need to know about stroke, including symptoms, treatment, causes, management and more.Your body's ability to stop a stroke before it starts could be greatly enhanced if you simply...

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7 Stroke Risk Factors Women Should Know

Find out everything you need to know about stroke, including symptoms, treatment, causes, management and more.Each year, 55,000 more women have a stroke than men. Learn the reasons why—and what you can...

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Strokes in Young People: Are the Numbers Really on the Rise?

Find out everything you need to know about stroke, including symptoms, treatment, causes, management and more.Age is a major risk factor for having a stroke, and the risk of stroke doubles each decade after ...

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Less Salt, Fewer Strokes

Find out everything you need to know about stroke, including symptoms, treatment, causes, management and more.Wondering if you use too much salt and how much you sho...

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What You Need to Know About Mini-Stroke

Find out everything you need to know about stroke, including symptoms, treatment, causes, management and more....

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Could You Have a Stroke and Not Know It?

Find out everything you need to know about stroke, including symptoms, treatment, causes, management and more.Every 40 seconds, someone in the US has a stroke, according to the Centers for Disease Control an...