|Life-saving Information on Stroke Easily Accessible at
NIHSeniorHealth Each year, more than 700,000 strokes occur in
the United States, nearly three-quarters of them in people over
age 65. Because the risk of stroke more than doubles each decade
after age 55, it is especially important for older Americans to
know stroke’s warning signs and act quickly. Now, information on
how to reduce risks of stroke, recognize symptoms, and treat
stroke’s damage is available at www.nihseniorhealth.gov. The
NIHSeniorHealth Web site is a joint effort of the National
Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Library of Medicine
(NLM), which are part of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). “Stroke is an unmistakable event. Few other medical
conditions come on so suddenly or are so noticeable to a
bystander,” says John R. Marler, M.D., associate director for
clinical trials at the National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), which developed the content for
the stroke topic on the NIHSeniorHealth Web site