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A recent study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology has found that switching ...

The widely used FAST acronym remains the best tool for helping bystanders recognize stroke symptoms, despite efforts to expand it to BE-FAST.

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A Scots dog handler has told how she suffered a devastating stroke moments after writing off her symptoms as a case of flu. Laura Collingwood was only 34, when she realised her 'flu symptoms' were a ...

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According to the NHS, atherosclerosis occurs when arteries become narrowed, making it difficult for blood to flow through ...

Famed music producer Irv Gotti, founder of Murder Inc. Records and the man who who put the likes of Ja Rule and Ashanti on ...

Regular flossing (at least once a week) may reduce the risk of stroke linked to blood clots from the heart and conditions like atrial fibrillation (AFib). Its benefits appear to be independent of ...

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