FOX4: Stroke Hospitalizations Increasing Among Younger Adults

Stroke hospitalizations increased nearly 50% since 2007, according to new research. But the odds of adults under 45 dying from a stroke have dropped. 

FOX4 talked to Dr. Karin Olds, neurologist and stroke medical director at Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute, about what is likely causing this trend.

Watch the story below.

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