| Spring is well under way and summer is fast | | | | statistics.Findings in a 14-year-long study |
| approaching. It's time for kids to take out | | | | of nearly 80,000 American women indicate that |
| their roller blades for carefree treks down | | | | eating a 3.5 ounce serving of fish, two to |
| boardwalks and sidewalks. Dads will rummage | | | | four times a week, lowers stroke risk by 27 |
| through closets for dormant baseball caps and | | | | percent. The more fish consumed, the more |
| to see if last year's uniform still fits. If | | | | impressive the percentages. Although few |
| not playing ball he'll watch from the | | | | large-scale studies have examined this |
| sidelines, or from the comfort of his | | | | particular issue in men, experts say there is |
| favorite chair. Moms, time to don old jeans, | | | | no biological reason results of such studies |
| stock up on sunscreen, and get out the | | | | would differ.The American Medical Association |
| fishing poles. You heard me, ladies. Fishing | | | | (AMA) published the study results in their |
| poles! It's time to fight back!According to | | | | January journal, 2001. There is conclusive |
| the American Heart Association (AHA), stroke | | | | evidence that consumption of fish high in |
| is the third leading cause of death in women. | | | | omega 3 fatty acids hold significant health |
| Every year an estimated 97,000 American women | | | | benefits, including reduced thrombotic |
| will die as a result of stroke. | | | | infarction -- a type of stroke where a blood |
| Statistically, every 53 seconds stroke will | | | | clot blocks an artery in the brain, resulting |
| victimize someone in America. Of an estimated | | | | in destroyed brain tissue. (Blood clots are |
| 600,000 stroke victims each year about | | | | responsible for more than 80 percent of all |
| 160,000 die as a result. There is, however, | | | | strokes. |
| an easy way to drastically reduce these | | | | |