Monday, December 5, 2011

Beauty Salon Stroke Syndrome

Another possibility to worry about. A couple of examples here:
http://www.azcentral.com/12news/specialreports/articles/2008/02/04/20080204salonstrokeinfo02042008-CR.html

here:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CC4QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1993%2F04%2F28%2Fnews%2Frare-threat-of-stroke-at-the-beauty-salon.html&ei=fmfcTvuXL4f3ggfNu_SNBw&usg=AFQjCNF9AveXfx0oQcosPykmRYrheAPUwg
and here:
http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=SS_MAG_so2006_we
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And a more scientific name for it; Vertebrobasilar insufficiency
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebrobasilar_insufficiency


If we had any decent stroke associations they would give us the risk percentage and the number of these each year.

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