Science News from the American Heart Association
Primary Prevention Of Stroke
Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Stroke
In the US, about 610,000 new strokes occur each year and stroke is the 3rd leading cause of death in the US each year.
Stroke is a leading cause of functional impairment, causing institutionalization or life with a permanent disability.
Primary prevention of stroke must be our primary goal in order to avoid such devastations.
Read the full article in
: The Imperative of Primary Stroke Prevention: First Things First by Natalia Rost, M.D.
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Stacy AHA Science
on Dec 9, 2010 1:04 PM America/Chicago
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I'm so glad we have people from AHA that research full time and unfaltering throughout the year. Keep pressing on my white coat friends.
Posted Fri 03 Dec 2010 12:30 PM CST
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