by Harry Wheat
Too many people die from it. Here's how to reduce the risk. The numbers are startling: Every 53 seconds someone in the United States suffers a stroke,
Too many people die from it. Here's how to reduce the risk. The numbers are startling: Every 53 seconds someone in the United States suffers a stroke, and someone dies from one every 3.3 minutes. Strokes afflict a half million people each year, killing about a third of them and disabling another 200,000, according to the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.