Clots can block the flow of blood to the heart or brain and cause a heart attack or stroke.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

Those bacteria can increase the chances of a heart attack or stroke and worsen the effects of other diseases.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

It may last a few seconds, but it can get worse and worse with age, leading to a heart attack or stroke.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

Many people take aspirin to reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke from blood clots.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

The problem may last a few seconds, but it can get worse and worse with age, leading to a heart attack or stroke.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

Other risk factors for a silent stroke are high blood pressure, heart disease,diabetes and tobacco use.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

Doctor Yusuf said the single pill, taken once a day, could reduce the average person's risk of heart disease and stroke by about half.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

They include heart disease, stroke, type-two diabetes, osteoporosis and even some kinds of cancer.

VOA: special.2011.06.28

Low amounts may help prevent health threats from stroke to heart attack.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

And,it causes ten percent of cardiovascular diseases, like heart disease and stroke.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

They include heart disease,stroke, type-two diabetes,osteoporosis and even some kinds of cancer.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

These include heart disease, heart attack,stroke,diabetes and high blood pressure.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

It includes heart attack, stroke and high blood pressure.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

"We estimate in WHO that over thirty million lives can be saved in the next ten years by simple measures -- reducing the level of salt by fifteen to twenty percent, reducing the amount of tobacco, and increasing the number of people who are at risk of a heart attack and stroke to be on simple preventive treatment."

VOA: special.2011.05.11

Medical science, bolstered by research from the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, shows a strong link between air pollution and heart disease and stroke.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

"Which causes heart attacks and strokes." The World Health Organization reports an estimated 17 million people die of heart disease and stroke every year.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

These habits increase the risk for cancer,diabetes, heart disease and stroke.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08