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