This Is A Bit Alarming - Rise In Strokes For Middle-Aged

[Canary42]

The item includes signs to look out for (it was an eye test which revealed my TIA a couple of years ago), so I hope that drawing attention to it reduces the occurences.

 https://uk.yahoo.com/news/shocking-rise-strokes-among-middle-175537808.html       

 

[Old_Geezer]

Hardly surprising. Most middle aged folk 's blood pressure must be sky high having to put up with the way society has gone over the last few decades.

[Canary42]

Hmmm, an interesting hypothesis OG.   And one well worth consideration too. You may well be right, the "nostalgia" groups on Facebook get floods of "not like the old days" complaints.

[barry1010]

My local nostalgia groups have the same affliction, selective rose tinted memory 

[renegadefm]

I'm not surprised at all.  I'm involved in another thread that highlights we simply don't socialise anymore. 

We are governed by smartphones and the Internet, its madness really. 

If I could rewind back 30 to 40 years I would at a heartbeat. 

[barry1010]

Was that before you had children, a mortgage, aches and pains associated with ageing and wasn't bombarded with news 24/7, renegade? Young enough to have fun without responsibilities and everything to look forward to