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# world stroke day

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Enda wants you to take a free blood pressure check today

Stroke claims a life every six seconds but it is still not well understood.

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Oct 29th 2014, 2:54 PM

Stroke deaths last year below 2,000 for first time in years

Figures also confirmed that almost twice as many women as men died from stroke.

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Oct 29th 2013, 10:53 PM