But you could instead suffer a stroke, or get hit by a bus and immediately need someone else to make medical decisions for you.

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If you should suffer a stroke, brain surgery to repair your condition and restore you to a normal life would be out of the question.

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More than 150, 000 people suffer a stroke every year.

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She is expected to undergo detailed tests which should determine whether she did suffer a minor stroke as suspected last week.

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About 100, 000 people a year in the UK suffer a first-time stroke.

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V5 (from a stroke, for example) suffer from so-called motion blindness.

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And those with ED were 1.6 times more likely to suffer from a serious cardiovascular problem such as a heart attack or stroke.

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