Guest guest Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 This is for the guys out there. 2/26/2009 12:00:00 AM (HealthDay News) -- The odds of having a stroke seem to spike up when men reach their mid-40s. And the risks associated with stroke even at this earlier age are startlingly similar to the risk factors seen in older patients, a new study found. " Silent strokes " -- which have no obvious symptoms but can cause residual damage -- are also common in this younger group of men, researchers reported Feb. 26 in the journal Stroke. " The risk factors are most of the ones we start thinking about in older people -- mostly cholesterol, but also smoking, high blood pressure and diabetes. So that's something we need to start looking at, at a younger age, " said Dr. Palm, assistant professor of neuroscience and experimental therapeutics and internal medicine at the Texas A & M Health Science Center College of Medicine. " If we wait till 50, many of these risk factors are already fairly well established and causing problems, " he said. More at web site. Take care it's not you, Lottie http://www.everydayhealth.com/publicsite/news/view.aspx?id=624542 & xid=nl_Everyda\ yHealthHealthyAging_20090301 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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