10 Percent Of Healthy People In Study Had Injury From 'Silent Strokes'
Saturday, June 28, 2008 - 22:14
in Health & Medicine
MRIs on healthy Framingham offspring found that about 10 percent had experienced a silent stroke. Silent stroke -- silent cerebral infarction -- is a risk factor for stroke and dementia.
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