While it doesn’t kill you immediately, stroke patients present a heavy burden on the healthcare industry and caregivers. Data shows that, on average, if you are 65 years or more, your brain volume reserve is about 55%; this is down from about three-quarters of your brain or memory volume at the age of 45. The amount of brain volume you have can spiral downwards quickly with age if you do nothing to promote your brain health. In cases of a silent stroke, small bright patches called white matter lesions show up on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. “There is a potential for treating white matter disease.

Source: thestar November 23, 2019 21:56 UTC