"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
In fact, according to new Canadian research, about six in every 100,000 children will have a stroke. At least one-third of those cases are in newborns. While the incidence rate is far lower than among seniors, it is much higher than anyone had ever imagined.
Six per 100,000 isn't exactly common, but it more frequent than one would suspect. The research was presented at a conference, so it's impossible to critique. But, given the traumatic process that is birth, it probably shouldn't be too surprising that infants suffer strokes. The wonder is that so many make it through delivery intact.
posted by Sydney on
6/24/2004 11:06:00 PM
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