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You should not take more than 1,000 mg of vitamin E per day. Doses above this amount increase the risk of bleeding problems that can lead to a stroke.
Most strokes are caused when blood clots move to a blood vessel in the brain and block blood flow to that area. Thrombolytic therapy can be used to dissolve the clot quickly. If given within 3 hours of the first stroke symptoms, this therapy can help limit stroke damage and disability.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.