"Give Me 5" Campaign to Help Women Identify Strokes

I was surprised to learn this, "Women especially need to know the warning signs, because they account for almost 70 percent of the deaths from stroke,"

clipped from www.aan.com Help your patients recognize the five signs of stroke The "Give Me 5" uses easy-to-remember words to help identify the five signs of stroke. The key words are: Walk—is their balance off? Talk—is their speech slurred or face droopy? Reach—is one side weak or numb? See—is their vision all or partly lost? Feel—is their headache severe? campaign coincides with new research released in February showing a tripling in the rate of strokes among middle-aged women This surge of strokes in middle-aged women in a short period is very alarming, visit www.giveme5forstroke.org to obtain more information "Women especially need to know the warning signs, because they account for almost 70 percent of the deaths from stroke," Actress Morgan Fairchild cared for her mother, whose first stroke occurred in 1997. Visit www.giveme5forstroke.org/healthcare for tools and resources for physicians from all three organizations. Visit the AAN's Press Room at www.aan.com/go/pressroom to download the press release.