Healthy Headlines: What to know about strokes

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – North Carolina is in the “stroke belt,” the unofficial name for an 11-state region of the southeastern U.S. where studies show the stroke risk is 34 percent higher for the general population than in other areas of the country.

 In today’s Novant Healthy Headlines, Ramona Holloway chats with Dr. Zaid Hage, a Novant Health neurosurgeon, about the stroke signs we should all be aware of and the importance to react and get medical attention quickly.