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Date Submitted:
12/17/07
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U.S. Stroke Risk Drops
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Americans have a lower risk of stroke than they did in previous decades -- but when strokes come, they are just as bad as ever. The findings come from the famous Framingham Study, which has looked at Americans' heart attack and stroke risks since the 1940s. The current report looks at the risk of stroke across the time periods 1950-1977, 1978-1989, and 1990-2004.
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