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Q. Hi Fitz, My question for you is: how can I lose weight when I'm no longer able to exercise due to a life time injury. I'm even stuck relying on the government for my income and food. Lisa

A. Hey Lisa. As if staying in shape isn't hard enough! Dealing with a disability truly makes weight management a challenge. It's not an impossible accomplishment though. It's just going to take a decent amount of education about nutrition for you, and an even greater amount of discipline.

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Many people each year have miniature stokes that don't cause complete disablement, but do cause hospitalization and rehabilitation. In new research published just this morning, medical experts from Europe stated that taking care of these "mini strokes" quickly could prevent larger ones from happening in the future.

In other words, time is of the essence. By knowing about the symptoms of stroke (however minor) could lead you to recognize smaller ones and get help as soon as possible. Based on this new research, mini strokes treated within 24 hours cut their chances of having a full stroke by 80 percent in the future.

In general, life-threatening injuries that exhibit visual threats are considered by many to be top priority, but this research turns that notion on its ear to state that an "internal" stroke treatment practice needs to be right up there at the top as well.

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