Aerobic Fitness Could Lower Your Stroke Risk

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	Aerobic Fitness Could Lower Your Stroke Risk

kel1971

2-26-2008 7:33 PM

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kel1971 says:

Physical Exercise could be just the thing we need to lower the incidence of stroke in both men and women.

Here's some points from the main article I found today....

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