Smokers with stroke in the family 6 times more likely to have stroke too
Thursday, January 1, 2009 - 13:35
in Health & Medicine
A new study shows that people who are smokers and have a family history of brain aneurysm appear to be significantly more likely to suffer a stroke from a brain aneurysm themselves. The research is published in the 31 December 2008 online issue of Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology and will appear in the January 6, 2009, print issue of Neurology(R)...
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