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Can AI help prevent the next stroke? Study uses brain scans to detect hidden heart risk • May 13, 2025, 6:17 AM ET (Medical Xpress)

Shingles vaccine reduces risk of heart disease by 23%, study of one million people finds • May 9, 2025, 8:18 AM ET (CNN)

Stroke: 'I could sing before I could speak after my stroke' • May 1, 2025, 3:06 AM ET (BBC)

Stroke in young people is not that rare, says stroke specialist • Apr. 29, 2025, 9:31 AM ET (Medical Xpress)

Artificial intelligence to improve outcome for stroke patients • Apr. 24, 2025, 6:33 AM ET (BBC)

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Also Known As	apoplexy • cerebrovascular accident • cerebral vascular accident • cerebral hemorrhage

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