Here's some good information I ran across the other day...
Every 40 seconds, someone in the USA has a stroke; about every four minutes, someone dies from one. If you stop smoking, cut your sodium intake and keep your weight, blood pressure and blood sugar in check, you reduce your risk. Here are four more tips, based on the latest research:
1. Pay attention to heart palpitations. Especially if the flutters are accompanied by shortness of breath, lightheadedness and chest pain. A new study in the journal Circulation suggests about half of atrial fibrillation (AF) cases could be prevented by curbing heart risk factors such as obesity and smoking.
2. Eat more raisins. And bananas, beans and sweet potatoes, which are loaded with potassium. A diet rich in such foods may reduce stroke risk by more than 20%.
3. Walk 20 minutes a day. It'll cut your risk of stroke by 30%, according to a large study of nearly 40,000 women over a 12-year period. Walk briskly and your chances are cut by almost 40%. The link applies only to women; studies of men have been inconsistent.
4. Get your eyes checked. A new study found that retinal vein occlusion (RVO), an eye disease that afflicts aout 180,000 people each year, nearly doubles your chance of stroke. RVO occurs when the small veins that carry blood away from the retina become blocked; atherosclerosis, diabetes and high blood pressure raise your risk.
excerpts from... The Doctors
Submitted by:
Dorothy Palmer
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