Imagine that your doctor told you that you were at risk for a "brain attack." It is an emerging term that stroke prevention groups hope will attract attention to a significant health problem. They also hope that the new phrase will prompt people to take quick action after a "brain attack" just as they would after a heart attack.
Brain attacks, or strokes, are related to 145,000 deaths annually in America. It is the third leading killer in the U.S.
The phrase "brain attack" is showing up all over the place,
like here. Even
the FDA uses the phrase.
The National Stroke Association also displays the phrase at the top of its page.
If there's an expansive definition of stroke in common usage,...
