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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/walk-away-from-your-risk-of-stroke/">Walk Away From Your Risk of Stroke</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted February 27, 2008 at 02:00 PM by Alexandra M. Haller</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Once again, another study confirms the benefits of walking. A relatively large research project that evaluated men and women for a period of 30 years is proving that a reasonable level of cardiovascular fitness can greatly decrease your stroke risk. “Researchers analyzed data on more than 60,000 people—46,405 men and 15,282 women—who participated in a long-term study at the Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas between 1970 and 2001. The participants, aged 18 to 100 and free of known cardiovascular disease when they entered the study, were followed for an average of 18 years. During that time, 863 people—692 men and 171 women—had strokes.” It’s no surprise that some of the participants had a stroke. After all, close to 800,00 adults in the U.S. suffer strokes each year. It’s the leading cause of long-term disability and the…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/walk-away-from-your-risk-of-stroke/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/walk-away-from-your-risk-of-stroke/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/walk-away-from-your-risk-of-stroke/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/walk-away-from-your-risk-of-stroke/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/athletics/">athletics</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/training-programs/">training-programs</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>