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cardiovascular
The stroke is such a common problem as it was unexpected and very much linked to poor diet, physical inactivity and stress. This disease is among the top three causes of death and disability is the first motor.

What is a cardiovascular accident?

Stroke is also called stroke because, in reality, is an interruption of blood supply or cut in any area of the brain.
This occurs when a blood vessel of the aforementioned brain becomes blocked or breaks, stopping the flow of blood, which causes brain cells affected by the disruption die causing permanent damage.
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alzheimerAlzheimer’s is a degenerative disease of brain cells

It is a neurodegenerative disease that has already been diagnosticado in our country to about 600,000.

He took the name of Dr. Alois Alzheimer, German neurologist (1864-1915) who in 1906 observed changes in brain tissue from a woman who had died for what he thought was a strange mental illness. These abnormal changes in brain tissue are known as hallmarks of this dementia.

It is mainly characterized by slow onset of symptoms that evolve over the years. It is a degenerative disease of brain cells-neurons, progressive nature and origin still unknown today.

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