Stroke factfile: the killer which affects 150,000 a year

... maximum chance of surviving unimpaired. But in an elderly person such as Mrs Thatcher, already suffering from Alzheimer's disease, intervention following a stroke might be deemed cruel. The chances of restoring her to her pre-stroke state would have ...

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