Episode 3 of the Charlie Rose’s Brain Series Round table discussion featuring Columbia's Dr. Eric Kandell, Dr. Thomas Jessell and Dr. John Krakauer and Dr. Daniel Wolpert, University of Cambridge and Dr. Robert Brown's Massachusetts General Hospital.
"Many strokes cannot be explained by known risk factors like high blood pressure and smoking, and scientists have speculated that infection could play a role. A new study is linking cumulative exposure to five common pathogens with an increased risk for stroke" ... read more.