JOPLIN, Mo. (KODE) – May is National Stroke Awareness Month and a chance to learn more about the causes of stroke as well as what you should do if you see the signs.
“You know when someone is having a stroke, the longer the blood flow stops to the brain cells will lose brain cells, and is estimated by science about 2 million brain cells die every minute of not getting stroke treatment,” says Dr. Gulshan Uppal, Freeman Health System Neurologist.