What a Stroke Is and How to Tell if Someone Has Had a Stroke

Stroke (AKA: cerebrovascular accident (CVA), transient ischemic attack (TIA), "brain attack") is the third leading cause of death and the number 1 cause of adult disability in the United States and industrialized European nations.
According to Wikipedia: on average, someone has a stroke every 45 seconds, someone dies every 3 minutes from having a stroke, of every 5 deaths from stroke, 2 occur in men and 3 in women. READ MORE....