Summary

For decades, stroke prevention has revolved around a list of separate—and often separately treated—risk factors: blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, smoking and inactivity. According to Dr. Gustavo Saposnik, it's time to start considering biological age as a risk factor for stroke. The same biological processes associated with aging, including chronic inflammation and reduced cellular energy production, also drive conditions such as hypertension and diabetes and increase the risk of stroke.

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