Release Date: February 2004

PREVENTING STROKE

Each year more than 500,000 Americans have a stroke. A stroke or “brain attack” occurs when blood circulation to the brain fails. It can cause crippling and lifelong disabilities of paralysis, loss of speech, and poor memory. Learn how you can reduce your risk of death or disability with Preventing Stroke from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Find out about the warning signs and risk factors of a stroke, including high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, heart disease, and diabetes. This publication costs $1.00. For your copy, call toll-free 1 (888) 8 PUEBLO , that's 1 (888) 878-3256 and ask for Item 329L. Have your credit card handy. Or send your name, address, and check or money order for $1.00 to the Federal Citizen Information Center, Dept. 329L, Pueblo, CO 81009. And visit www.pueblo.gsa.gov to read or print this and hundreds of other FCIC publications for free.

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