People over 60 at risk for 'silent stroke' (USA Today)

[Mental Health News]

People over the age of 60, especially those with high blood pressure, may experience a "silent stroke" and won't even know it, Australian researchers say. "These strokes are not truly silent, because they have been linked to memory and thinking problems and are a possible cause of a type of dementia," study author Dr. Perminder Sachdev, a neuropsychiatry professor at the University of New South ...

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[stephen]

the most common risk factors for stroke are:

* high blood pressure,

* high cholesterol,

* smoking,

* diabetes and

* increasing age.

[sohel2011]

This sound hear not well I think silent stroke is not good for a human basic a big think that is a high blood pressure this sign is a silent killer for human body.
I agree with Dr.perminder.