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disposed. PDC's proposal simply shifts the risks to safe drinking Please
work with the citizens of Central Illinois to begin the process of truly
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On average, someone
In
the
United States has a stroke every 40
seconds,
according to 2008 updat
ed
statistics from
the American
Heart Association.
Each yeax about 60,000 more
women
than
men have strokes.
High blood presCure is the most
important
risk
factor
for stroke,
but smoking
doubles
a person’s
risk.
Warning
signs
of
a stroke Include:
R Sudden numbness
of
the
face, arm or leg.
• Sudden confusion or trouble
speaking or understanding
• Sudden trouble
walking,
dizziness
or
loss of balance or
coordination
• Sudden trouble seeing in
one
or both eyes
• Sudden severe headache
If you notice any of these
signs, doctors advise calling 911
immediately and also checking
the time so you can say when
the symptoms first appeared. It’s
very important to take
immediate
action.
A clot-busting drug called
tissue plasminogen
activator
(tPA) can reduce long-term dis
ability for the most common type
of stroke if given within three
hours of the start of symptoms.
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Everyone knows
staying hy
drated is Important to your
health,
but
here are some H20-related
facts you may not kno*
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Amount of water weight
in the
body. And here is
how.
it breaks
down:
Blood is
83
percent water
Muscles
are
75
percent water
The
brain is
74
percent
water
Bone is 22
percent water
It’s recommended we
drink
8
glasses of water a
day.
884 millIon
The
number of people in the
world who do not
have
access to
safe
water. This
is roughly
one in
eight of the world’s population.
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