High blood pressure may lead to 'silent' strokes
Monday, July 27, 2009 - 15:35
in Health & Medicine
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- "Silent" strokes, which are strokes that don't result in any noticeable symptoms but cause brain damage, are common in people over 60, and especially in those with high blood pressure, according to a study published in the July 28, 2009, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.