Children with a parent who had a stroke, particularly by age 65, have an increased risk of stroke, suggesting parental stroke as an important new risk marker, according to a study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers focused on 3,443 initially stroke-free subjects, all second-generation participants in the Framingham Heart Study. The participants’ parents had reported 106 strokes by age 65, and subjects reported 128 strokes over the 40-year study… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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