Physician Explains New Research Showing Cold Weather Brings Spike in Strokes
Shepherd Center's Ford Vox, M.D., urges focus on controllable risk factors, such as high blood pressure.
Though spring officially arrives on March 20, a little more cold weather is still predicted, and that can lead to a spike in strokes and stroke-related hospitalizations, according to new research.
In a column published online in Bloomberg View, Shepherd Center physician Ford Vox, M.D., deciphers the research and discusses stroke risk factors, such as high blood pressure, that patients and healthcare professionals can address.
Read more at www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-03-19/winter-forecast-more-strokes
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FORD VOX, M.D., is a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician at Shepherd Center. He treats people with brain injury and stroke. Dr. Vox is also a healthcare news columnist who publishes articles in such online publications as Bloomberg View and Forbes magazine.
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