From the August 2019 issue of Massachusetts General Hospital's Mind, Mood, & Memory (MMM)
Understand the Long-Term Health Impacts of “Silent Strokes”
The unnoticed events cause no immediate symptoms, but over time they can affect your memory, cognition, and motor skills.
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They may be known as “silent strokes,” but these short-lived, unnoticed brain attacks can have lasting and serious impacts on your cognition and brain health. And they occur more frequently than you might think. Research suggests that about one in 10 older adults has had at least one silent stroke, while other estimates place that […]