Jeff Porter Stroke of Faith |
We all need to encourage better treatment for better outcomes for stroke patients.
BUT, just as important are ways to prevent strokes. For every stroke we prevent, we prevent a possible death or disability. A recent study combined some key methods to reduce stroke risk and, not surprisingly, that healthy lifestyle choices may cut women's stroke risk:
- After being followed an average of 10 years, women who ate a healthy diet, drank alcohol moderately, never smoked, remained physically active and had a healthy body weight were 54 percent less likely to have a stroke than women with none of these factors, said study author Susanna Larsson, a researcher at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.
- While other studies have looked at single risk factors, "only a few studies have examined the combined effects of a healthy lifestyle on stroke risk," Larsson said.
- "We observed that the risk of stroke decreased steadily with an increasing number of healthy lifestyle habits," she said.
- While the study found an association between healthy habits and stroke risk, a causal link was not proven.
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