When it comes to stroke prevention and risk factors, there are a number of things you can control to help decrease your risk of having a stroke such as maintaining a healthy diet, lowering your stress level, engaging in regular exercise, refraining from smoking and drinking alcohol in moderation.
There are other factors such as your age, gender, ethnicity, family history, and previous history of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) that you cannot control.
You can help decrease your risk of having a stroke by learning more about the risk factors you can do something about, and those you can't control.