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Exercise Improves Stroke Outcome
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 "This article provides good evidence for these benefits and should further encourage all people to exercise to reduce the likelihood of strokes," Kaplan added.
Dr. Larry B. Goldstein, director of the Duke University Stroke Center, said that living a healthy lifestyle can significantly cut the risk of stroke.
"The importance of getting regular exercise is part of primary stroke prevention," Goldstein said. The other factors include eating a healthful diet, maintaining a lean body, not smoking, and restricting alcohol, he said.
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"People who follow all of these healthy lifestyle habits have about an 80 percent reduction in the risk of stroke," Goldstein said. "There is nothing we do that is associated with an 80 percent reduction in the risk of stroke medically."
A recent study found that among people with high blood pressure, exercise can be the most important lifestyle change they can make.
Although exercise is important, two-thirds of doctors don't take the time to tell their patients with high blood pressure about the importance of exercise and physical activity, the University of Wisconsin researchers found.
More information
For more on stroke, visit the American Stroke Association.
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Last updated 10/23/2008
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SOURCES: Lars-Henrik Krarup, M,D., Bispebjerg University Hospital. Copenhagen, Denmark; Larry B. Goldstein, M.D., director, Duke University Stroke Center, Durham, N.C.; Norman M. Kaplan, M.D., clinical professor, Division of Hypertension, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas; Oct. 21, 2008, Neurology
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