Chris Groves
Stroke is the greatest cause of long-term disability and lost earnings, and it is the second leading cause of mortality worldwide, behind ischemic heart disease. In the United States (US), there are 795,000 incident strokes annually. Despite the fact that the death rate from Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) has been declining for more than ten years, a worrying plateau in that trend and even an increase in CVD mortality have recently surfaced, partly due to the high incidence of diet-related obesity and diabetes.