Beating Stroke: Recognizing, Curing and Preventing It
Every year, 15 million people suffer from stroke around the world.
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By: Caroline Paré Follow
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Every year, 15 million people suffer from stroke around the world.
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is a sudden stop of blood flow to the brain.
The most common form of stroke is cerebral infarction, which accounts for 70 to 80% of cases.
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How to recognize it?
How to heal and overcome it?
Can we avoid it?
Prof. Pierre Amarenco
, head of the neurology department and of the reception and treatment center for stroke at Bichat hospital.
Professor at Denis Diderot University and member of Inserm unit U 698 “Clinical research on atherothrombosis.
Author of the book “Overcoming stroke: how to recognize it, how to cure it, how to overcome it and how to avoid it” published by Editions du Rocher.
Dr Jérôme Boombhi
, cardiologist at Yaoundé General Hospital, Cameroon.
At the end of the program, we find the sports column of
Dr Jean Marc Sène
, sports doctor.
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