Naps, mammograms may predict stroke risk
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080222/ap_on_he_me/stroke_signs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080220/2008_02_20t014518_450x300_us_cancer_usa.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vYbcbcT0l17iAAcac5G7Ng--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A doctor looks at a mammogram for tumors in a handout photo. The U.S. death rate from cancer has continued a steady decline that began in the early 1990s but it will still kill a projected 565,650 Americans this year, the American Cancer Society said on Wednesday. (NCI/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - What do mammograms, blood-sugar tests and daytime dozing have in common? All may offer clues that someone is headed for a stroke, new studies suggest. Higher stroke risk was seen in women with artery buildups accidentally revealed by mammograms, in non-diabetics starting to have insulin problems, and in older people who tend to nod off a lot.</p><br clear="all"/>

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