"The Origins Of Disease" Episode 2: Stroke

NHK Documentary: "The Origins Of Disease" Episode 2: Stroke

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Published on Dec 12, 2013

This episode focuses on the origin of stroke which is occurring in one person every two minutes in Japan.

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Even A Small Change In Habits Helps Fend Off Stroke

by Nancy Shute

June 06, 2013 4:18 PM

 

Your brain will appreciate even a modest improvement in stroke risk factors.

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This is not one of those posts that is going to beat you up for doing a crummy job exercising, eating better and all the other things you're failing to do to ward off death.
Instead, this post is here to say that if you improve one thing just one teeny bit, it's going to lower your risk of having a . So pick something, and stick to it.
Stroke, which happens when a blood vessel bursts or is blocked in the brain, is a leading cause of death and disability.
Scientists looked at seven factors known to affect stroke risk: cigarette smoking, body mass index, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, physical activity and diet.
Most Americans aren't doing so well on these. And most of us, knowing we're supposed to be doing better on them all, just sigh and reach for the remote.
So the scientists dug into a large study that tracked 30,239 people to see how much improvement it takes to prevent stroke. The people were all over age 45 at the start, and the study lasted from 2003 to 2007.
The good news is it doesn't take much to make a difference. Each risk factor for stroke was scored from 0 to 2, with 0 being crummy, 1 kind of OK, and 2 terrific. Even a one-point improvement in the total score across all seven factors significantly reduced stroke risk. Each improvement of a point on the 14-point scale meant an 8 percent reduction in stroke.



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