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What do you advise for heart attacks and strokes, what is the main cause?
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Stroke causes: Stroke and heart attacks share common risk factors (diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, genetic factors.Regardless of type of stroke or heart attack, control of risk factors is very important (blood pressure control, normalization of cholesterol, healthy diet).
Answered 5/18/2014
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