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*Driving Forces: Market Research, Intelligence, Analysis, Datapoints, Databases & Trends
*Driving Forces: Medical Devices & Technology (Technology)
*Driving Forces: Telemedicine,Telehealth, Mobile Health, mHealth, Virtual, Digital Health, DTx (Digital Therapeutics)
*Driving Forces: Telemedicine,Telehealth, mHealth & Home Health (Sectors)
*Driving Forces: Primary Care, Chronic Disease, Wellness, Weight Loss, Obesity, Coordinated Care
*Pioneers: Stroke
Stroke: Description
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About 5.4 million stroke survivors live in the U.S.
After the stroke, the resulting damage may impair behavior or body functions controlled by the affected parts of the brain.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about once every 45 seconds, for a total of between 700,000 and 750,000 pe
Strokes are the 3rd-leading cause of death in the U.S. behind heart disease & cancer, killing about 275,000 people/year.
Strokes occur when blood vessels carrying oxygen and other nutrients to the brain become blocked or suddenly burst.