Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Stroke: 5 warning signs you must know - WMBFNews.com | Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC | News, Weather, Sports

Stroke: 5 warning signs you must know - WMBFNews.com | Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC | News, Weather, Sports: "Only old people have strokes, right? Wrong. A recent study of 7,740 strokes showed that 45 percent of victims were younger than 65, and 27 percent were under 55. 'Stroke is no longer an old-age affliction,' says study author Timothy J. Wolf, who holds a doctorate in occupational therapy and teaches at the Washington University School of Medicine. 'People in the prime of life now have more strokes than ever.'"

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