Stroke - The Office of Minority Health

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	Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke
	Your Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure If your blood pressure is between 120/80 mmHg and 139/89 mmHg, then you have prehypertension. This means that you don’t have high blood pressure now but are likely to develop it in the future unless you adopt the healthy lifestyle changes described in this brochure.
	Know Stroke. Know the Signs. Act in Time. This is a stroke public education booklet discussing stroke as the third leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of serious, long-term disability in adults.
	Stroke: Hope Through Research This informational booklet about stroke was compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
	Brain Basics: Preventing Stroke This booklet provide information on preventing stroke, including stroke risk factors and warning signs, compiled by NINDS.
	Stroke Rehabilitation Information Page This fact sheet provides information on stroke rehabilitation.
	Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Fact Sheet This post-stroke rehabilitation fact sheet is from NINDS.
	Resolve to Be a Healthier You in 2005 - Stroke Did you know that stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States, killing nearly 163,000 Americans each year? In African Americans, stroke is more common and more deadly--even in young and middle-aged adults--than for any other racial or ethnic group in the United States.

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