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Why Are More People Under 55 Having Strokes? New Research Points to Surprising Risk Factors
While stroke rates in the U.S. overall are falling, a study shows adults under 55 are still twice as likely to have a stroke.
BY SAGE SWABY, EDITORIAL FELLOW @SAGESWABY
The good news is that stroke rates are dropping in older adults, according to a recent study in the journal Neurology. The bad news is that rates are rising in younger people.
Researchers at the University of........