MINI STROKE – 5 THINGS TO KNOW

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Doctors say a mini stroke usually starts out with a blood clot blocking or reducing blood flow to the brain, just like a major stroke. Only…A mini stroke is temporary by definition. It’s a TIA – transient ischemic attack – in which blood flow returns...