Original broadcast date: April 5, 2009

To what extent do our lifestyle choices influence our stroke risk? This question was asked in a study recently published in the British Medical Journal.

• Dr. Phyo Myint, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Ageing and Stroke Medicine at the University of East Anglia and Consultant Physician in Care of the Elderly and Stroke Medicine at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

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