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February 2nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) — Many adults whose parents
suffered a stroke before age 65 experience vascular changes and brain
aging in middle age that may precede a stroke, a new study finds.
It included nearly 1,300 participants with an average age of 61 who
underwent MRI brain scans to assess their brain health, including total
brain volume, the volume of white matter lesions and other signs of aging
or damage to brain tissue.
The participants also underwent tests to assess various mental
abilities, including verbal memory, abstract reasoning, verbal learning
and visuospatial memory, which is the ability to recall objects presented
visually.
The study was to be presented Wednesday at the American Stroke
Association meeting in New Orleans.
Nearly 10 percent of the participants had one or both parents who
suffered a stroke before age 65. Strokes occur when blood flow to the
brain ceases.
The scans showed these offspring had a higher volume of white matter
lesions, equivalent to a difference of nearly three years in brain age,
researchers said in an association news release.
A follow-up of about six years found they were also the most likely to
perform poorly on tests of visuospatial memory and were more likely to
have a worsening of executive functioning, which controls attention and
the ability to plan.
However, having a parent who suffered a stroke before age 65 did not
affect a person’s total brain volume or verbal memory, abstract reasoning
and verbal learning.
Because this study was presented at a medical meeting, the data and
conclusions should be viewed as preliminary until published in a
peer-reviewed journal.
More information
The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has more about stroke.
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