Stroke: Online Calculator Can Predict Your Risk

Friday, August 14, 2020 - 09:40 in Health & Medicine

Doctors can predict patients’ risk for ischemic stroke based on the severity of their metabolic syndrome, a conglomeration of conditions that includes high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol levels and excess body fat around the abdomen and waist, a new study finds. The study found that stroke risk increased consistently with metabolic syndrome severity even in […]

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