In Annals of Neurology, they say stroke rates in five to 44-year-olds rose by about a third in under 10 years.

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The research is published in the Annals of Neurology.

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Looking at 2, 250 individuals from the Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project, researchers found a 40 percent lower risk among those who stuck to this diet, scientists reported in the Annals of Neurology in 2006.

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This idea is supported by a study published in April in the Annals of Neurology, which showed that mice without plaques, but with floating beta-amyloid, were just as weakened by the disease as mice with both.

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