{"id":19756,"date":"2022-05-11T07:58:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T11:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19756"},"modified":"2022-05-11T07:58:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T11:58:36","slug":"preventing-stroke-many-are-at-risk-and-dont-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19756","title":{"rendered":"Preventing stroke: Many are at risk and don\u2019t know it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; blogs.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heart disease and stroke are an epidemic in the U.S. Many don\u2019t realize that they\u00a0are at high risk for heart attack or stroke. The good news is that many of the major risk factors for these problems can be prevented or controlled.\u00a0Getting your blood pressure and cholesterol checked are important first steps to reduce your risk.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.va.gov\/VAntage\/103250\/preventing-stroke-many-are-at-risk-and-dont-know-it\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blogs.va.gov\/VAntage\/103250\/preventing-stroke-many-are-at-risk-and-dont-know-it\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"43\" class=\"wp-image-16129\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/VAntage-Point-.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/VAntage-Point-.png 327w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/VAntage-Point--300x64.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:&nbsp;<\/strong>The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; blogs.va.gov) Heart disease and stroke are an epidemic in the U.S. Many don\u2019t realize that they\u00a0are at high<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-veterans-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19757,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19756\/revisions\/19757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}