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Title: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: Las Vegan Cajun on October 01, 2014, 12:46:05 AM
Interesting article from <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/stroke/stroke-risk-higher-in-southeastern-us.aspx?pos=2&xid=nl_EverydayHealthManagingDiabetes_20140930">Everyday Health</a>
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: GusRobin on October 01, 2014, 01:04:19 AM
Only during college football season.
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: Las Vegan Cajun on October 01, 2014, 01:08:33 AM
(http://www.cdc.gov/stroke/images/stroke_map.jpg)
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: Las Vegan Cajun on October 01, 2014, 01:10:51 AM
Only during college football season.

Yeah, there's a reason they call LSU the "Heart Attack Cats", they earned it.  :P :P :P
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: okie52 on October 01, 2014, 02:00:58 AM
SEC!!! SEC!!! SEC!!!
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: spuds on October 01, 2014, 02:07:06 AM
Bet race and diet and poverty are possible factors.81mg baby aspirin,once a day is a good thing.
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: Las Vegan Cajun on October 01, 2014, 05:52:20 PM
Bet race and diet and poverty are possible factors.81mg baby aspirin,once a day is a good thing.

I've been taking my 81mg a day for years, my cardiologist knows where come from.  :P
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: spuds on October 01, 2014, 09:28:04 PM
Same here,also cuts cancer risk,a very good drug.
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: deestafford on October 01, 2014, 09:36:05 PM
Will this article keep the yankees from the NE from comin' down here and wanting to do it the same way they do it up north?  Dee
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: Pam Gould on October 01, 2014, 11:58:19 PM
Will this article keep the yankees from the NE from comin' down here and wanting to do it the same way they do it up north?  Dee
  NO.  Pam  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: TwoPockets on October 02, 2014, 07:06:29 AM
Will this article keep the yankees from the NE from comin' down here and wanting to do it the same way they do it up north?  Dee

We can only hope.
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: Pam Gould on October 02, 2014, 07:14:40 AM
Will this article keep the yankees from the NE from comin' down here and wanting to do it the same way they do it up north?  Dee

We can only hope.
I'm not feelin the love anymore   .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: TwoPockets on October 02, 2014, 07:49:14 AM
Will this article keep the yankees from the NE from comin' down here and wanting to do it the same way they do it up north?  Dee

We can only hope.
I'm not feelin the love anymore   .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

You are what we call a reconstructed Yankee Pam. When you come down here you are always pleasant and a joy to be around. Now if we could just get you to wear an Crimson Tide shirt instead of that shirt with an O on it.
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: Pam Gould on October 02, 2014, 09:12:30 AM
Will this article keep the yankees from the NE from comin' down here and wanting to do it the same way they do it up north?  Dee

We can only hope.
I'm not feelin the love anymore   .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

You are what we call a reconstructed Yankee Pam. When you come down here you are always pleasant and a joy to be around. Now if we could just get you to wear an Crimson Tide shirt instead of that shirt with an O on it.
Reconstructed...hmmmmmmm..scary...Go Bucks..lol..Terry TLG said I was an Honary GRITS.     .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: okie52 on October 02, 2014, 11:42:53 AM
Looks like some pretty good southern football team locations on that map.  Tailgating is a killer....
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: Las Vegan Cajun on October 02, 2014, 01:55:03 PM
The diabetes belt also.

(http://notunlikeresearch.typepad.com/.a/6a0133f1fb8812970b014e89d296b1970d-pi)
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: Las Vegan Cajun on October 02, 2014, 02:00:49 PM
And heart disease belt.

(http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n615/ramelancon/d99740639287fabc4a799a3290049657.jpg)
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: okie52 on October 02, 2014, 02:07:36 PM
So you're saying we got it all going for us down south?
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: Big Dawg on October 02, 2014, 05:03:18 PM
My county may be in the middle of all this mess, but we have the lowest rate per capita in Heart Disease ! ! !

So, one out of three . . .





BD
Title: Re: The 'Stroke Belt': Why Is Stroke Risk Higher in the Southeast?
Post by: TwoPockets on October 02, 2014, 05:30:40 PM
Well, I have no plans for living forever, but I do have plans for leaving well fed and just getting through eating bacon and having a cold beer.