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Blacks and less educated southerners suffer more from strokes: Study
May 19 2007, Irani

Raising worries for the southerners, a new study has revealed that strokes — the third-leading cause of deaths in the U.S. — are found to be most common in Mississippi and other Southern states. Stroke is the major culprit behind disability in the...

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