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Epilepsy Awareness Month: What You Should Know and How to Help

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November is Epilepsy Awareness month—why not take the time to learn a little more about this common condition and find out how you can help someone having an epileptic seizure? What Is Epilepsy? Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that interrupts the central nervous system’s electrical activity with sudden bursts of activity. This disruption causes seizures and other ... Continue Reading

The Truth About Artificial Sweeteners and Stroke Risk

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Drinking a can of diet soft drink a day, flavored with artificial sweeteners, is associated with almost three times higher risk of stroke and dementia, say researchers – but critics warn against the causal connection. Discover more in this post from The Guardian. Consuming a can a day of low- or no-sugar soft drink is associated with a much higher risk of having a stroke ... Continue Reading

Can Gut Flora Have an Effect on Stroke Damage?

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In clinical trials, it was found that gut flora balance could reduce brain damage due to a stroke by up to 60%. This post from ScienceAlert focuses on an animal study that has highlighted this new brain-intestine relationship. Recent research has shown how fundamentally important the bacteria in our gut are to the rest of our mental and physical health, affecting everything ... Continue Reading

Green Tea Helps in Slashing Stroke Risk

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This article reports that adding up to 4 cups of organic green tea to your daily diet can lower the risk of stroke by as much as 30 percent. Stroke is a devastating medical event that debilitates more than 800,000 Americans each year and kills nearly 150,000. Along with cardiovascular disease, many people continue to think that vascular diseases are a normal part of the aging ... Continue Reading

A 30-Minute Daily Walk Can Halve Your Risk Of Stroke

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Physical inactivity continues to be a significant underlying cause of chronic illness and early death in the U.S., as sedentary Americans succumb to the utilitarian comforts of modern technology. Lack of exercise, coupled with a largely processed food diet leads to potentially deadly diseases including cancer, dementia, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Stroke ... Continue Reading

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